Multiple choice

Schuffner's dots observed in erythrocytes are due to which of the following?

  1. Giardiasis

  2. Filariasis

  3. Malaria

  4. Kala-azar

  5. Laryngitis
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Explanation

Schüffner's dots refers to a hematological finding that is associated with malaria, exclusively found in Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium vivax. Plasmodium vivax induces morphologic alterations in infected host erythrocytes that are visible by light microscopy in Romanovsky-stained blood smears as multiple brick-red dots.

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