Schuffner dots

Schüff·ner dots

(shēf'nĕr), fine, round, uniform red or red-yellow dots (as colored with Romanowsky stains) characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale, but not ordinarily found in P. malariae and P. falciparum infections. Synonym(s): Schüffner granules

Schüff·ner dots

(shēf'nĕr dots) Fine, round, uniform red or red-yellow dots (as colored with Romanowsky stains) characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale, but not ordinarily found in P. malariae and P. falciparum infections.

Schüffner dots

Coarse, red, polychrome methylene blue–staining granules found in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium ovale or P. vivax malaria. Synonym: Schüffner granulesSee also: Schüffner, Wilhelm A. P.

Schüffner,

Wilhelm, German pathologist in Sumatra, 1867-1949. Schüffner dots - fine, round, uniform dots characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. ovale. Synonym(s): Schüffner granulesSchüffner granules - Synonym(s): Schüffner dots