A bone marrow aspirate is performed on a patient with sideroblastic anemia. The smear is stained with Prussian blue iron. The expected findings in this patient would be that iron stores:

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Sideroblastic anemia is characterized by increased iron stores in the bone marrow, so the expected finding on a bone marrow aspirate stained with Prussian blue iron would be increased iron stores as compared with the normal control.

A Bone Marrow Aspirate Is Performed on a Patient with Sideroblastic