Anitschkow cell
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In pathology, Anitschkow (or Anichkov[1]) cells are cells associated with, and pathognomonic for, rheumatic heart disease.[2] They are also called caterpillar cells, as these cells have a large amount of clear cytoplasm surrounding a rod-shaped nucleus that to some resembles a caterpillar.[2] Anitschkow cells are enlarged macrophages found within granulomas (called Aschoff bodies) associated with the disease.[2] Larger Anitschkow cells may coalesce to form multinucleated Aschoff giant cells.[2] Anitschkow cells were named after the Russian pathologist Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Anitschkow.[3]
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- ^ Rheumatic fever at eMedicine
- ^ a b c d Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. (2005). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.
- ^ Anitschkow's cell at Who Named It
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