Aschoff bodies

Aschoff bodies
perivascular foci of inflammation in the interstitial tissues of the heart in rheumatic fever; the lesions consist of a central area of necrosis surrounded by a rosette of Anichkov cells. Called also Aschoff nodules.

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  • Aschoff body — Aschoff bodies or Aschoff nodules are painless nodules present in rheumatic fever. AppearanceIt is an area of focal interstitial myocardial inflammation. Fully developed Aschoff bodies consist of fibrinoid change in connective tissue, lymphocytes …   Wikipedia

  • Aschoff, Karl Albert Ludwig — ▪ German pathologist born Jan. 10, 1866, Berlin, Prussia [now in Germany] died June 24, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau, Ger.       German pathologist who recognized the phagocytic (capable of engulfing bacteria and other substances) activity of… …   Universalium

  • Aschoff — Karl Ludwig, German pathologist, 1866–1942. See A. bodies, under body, A. nodules, under nodule, node of A. and Tawara, Rokitansky A. sinuses, under sinus, A. cell …   Medical dictionary

  • Ludwig Aschoff — Infobox Scientist name = Ludwig Aschoff caption = Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff birth date = birth date|1866|1|10|mf=y birth place = Berlin, Prussia death date = death date and age|1942|6|24|1866|1|10|mf=y death place = Freiburg, Germany residence …   Wikipedia

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  • body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …   Medical dictionary

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