- 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 clearcytoplasm surrounding a rod-shaped nucleus that to some resembles acaterpillar . Anitschkow cells are enlargedmacrophage s found withingranuloma s (calledAschoff bodies ) associated with the disease. Larger Anitschkow cells may coalesce to form multinucleated Aschoff giant cells.Eponym
Anitschkow cells were named after the
Russia n pathologistNikolai Nikolajewitsch Anitschkow . [WhoNamedIt|synd|3315|Anitschkow's cell]References
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