# Pappenheimer bodies contain:
a. Iron
b. DNA
c. RNA
d. Ribosomal proteins
The correct answer is a. Iron.
Pappenheimer bodies are abnormal basophilic granules of iron found inside red blood cells on routine blood stain. They are a type of inclusion body composed of ferritin aggregates, or mitochondria or phagosomes containing aggregated ferritin.
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