Cabot's ring

Cabot's ring or Cabot-Schleip ring is a reddish, ringlike structure in the red blood cells in the peripheral blood.

Cabot's rings may be the form of partial loops, loops, or figure eights.

Cabot's ring may seen in:


 * Hemolytic anemia
 * Lead poisoning
 * Pernicious anemia
 * Thalassemia
 * Megaloblastic anemia
 * Severe anemia

Etymology
It is named after Richard Clarke Cabot and Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Schleip.