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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Bone marrow - ring sideroblasts Upper panel: bone marrow aspirate stained with Prussian blue to show red cell precursors with numerous iron- positive granules surrounding the nucleus, in some cases forming a complete ring (arrows). Lower panel: Electron micrograph of a single erythroblast with iron-laden (electron dense deposits) mitochondia (red arrows) clustered near its nucleus. Courtesy of Sylvia Bottomley, MD.