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Russell's bodies (William Russell)
Also known as:
Russel-Krukenberg bodies
Unna's bodies
Unna's cells
Associated persons:
Friedrich Ernst Krukenberg
William Russell
Paul Gerson Unna
Description:
Small spherical hyaline bodies in cancerous and simple inflammatory growth, and in degenerating plasma cells, for instance in rhinoscleroma. They represent deposits of gamma globulin.
Bibliography:
- W. Russel:
An address on a characteristic organism of cancer.
British Medical Journal, London, 1890, 2: 1356-1360.
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