| Maurer's dots | Finely granular precipitates or irregular cytoplasmic particles that usually occur diffusely in red blood cells infected with the trophozoites of Plasmodium falciparum, occasionally those of P. Malariae; rarely observed in P. Falciparum blood smears because its trophozoites seldom are seen in peripheral blood. Synonym: Maurer's clefts. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Gunn's dots | Minute, highly glistening, white or yellowish specks usually seen in the posterior part of the fundus; nonpathologic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Schuffner's dots | Fine, round, uniform red or red-yellow dot's (as coloured with Romanovsky stains) characteristically observed in erythrocytes infected with Plasmodium vivax and P. Ovale, but not ordinarily found in P. Malariae and P. Falciparum infections. Synonym: Schuffner's granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Horner-Trantas dots | Evanescent white cellular infiltrates occurring in the bulbar form of vernal keratoconjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Trantas' dots | Pale, grayish red, uneven nodules of gelatinous aspect at the limbal conjunctiva in vernal conjunctivitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ziemann's dots | Fine dot's seen in erythrocytes in malariae malaria. Synonym: Ziemann's stippling. (05 Mar 2000) |