Lack the central area of pallor on a stained blood film. Zieve's syndrome Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia. Seen as mouth-shaped form in peripheral smear. Spherical cells with 2 - 20 spicules of unequal length and distributed unevenly over the red cell surface. The red cells are oval or elliptical in shape.
Long axis is twice the short axis.
Fragmentation of the red cells. Small round cytoplasmic red cell inclusion with same staining characteristics as nucleus. Ring form of Pl falciparum in red cells. Delicate rings with 1 or 2 chromatin dots. Often more than one ring in a red cell.