Anitschkow cell

Anitschkow cell

In pathology, Anitschkow (or Anichkov [eMedicine|med|3435|Rheumatic fever] ) cells are cells associated with, and pathognomonic for, rheumatic heart disease.cite book |author=Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K. |title=Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease |publisher=Elsevier Saunders |location=St. Louis, MO |year=2005 |pages= |isbn=0-7216-0187-1 |oclc= |doi=] 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. Anitschkow cells are enlarged macrophages found within granulomas (called Aschoff bodies) associated with the disease. Larger Anitschkow cells may coalesce to form multinucleated Aschoff giant cells.

Eponym

Anitschkow cells were named after the Russian pathologist Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Anitschkow. [WhoNamedIt|synd|3315|Anitschkow's cell]

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