Hassall corpuscles

Hassall corpuscles
spherical or ovoid bodies found in the medulla of the thymus, composed of concentric arrays of epithelial cells which contain keratohyalin and bundles of cytoplasmic filaments. Called also Hassall bodies and concentric, Leber, or thymus c's.

Medulla of neonatal thymus showing three Hassall corpuscles of varying degrees of maturity surrounded by closely packed lymphocytes.


Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Arthur Hill Hassall — (13 December 1817, Teddington 9 April 1894, San Remo) was a British physician, chemist and microscopist who is primarily known for his work in public health and food safety.He entered medicine through apprenticeship in 1834 to his uncle Sir James …   Wikipedia

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