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]

Etymology

Anitschkow cells were named after the Russian pathologist Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Anitschkow.^[3]

References

↑ Rheumatic fever at eMedicine
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 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.
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[1] Rheumatic fever at eMedicine

[robbins-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 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.

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Anitschkow cell

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