| Miyagawa bodies | A term previously used to refer to Chlamydia trachomatis (Miyagawanella lymphogranulomatosis), the elementary body's that develop in the intracytoplasmic microcolonies of lymphogranuloma venereum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pick bodies | A histologic finding in Niemann-Pick disease. Large rounded collections of material (sphingomyelin) are seen within mononuclear cells. (27 Sep 1997) |
| molluscum bodies | <virology> Intracellular inclusions of poxviruses found in cells of human epidermis, harmless, but contagious, skin lesions molluscum contagiosum). (18 Nov 1997) |
| Pick's bodies | Intracytoplasmic argentophilic inclusion body's seen in neurons in Pick's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colloid bodies | Eosinophilic hyaline spherical body's seen in or just beneath the epidermis, particularly in lichen planus, formed by necrosis of individual basal cells. Synonym: colloid bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weibel-Palade bodies | Rod-shaped bundles of microtubules seen by electron microscopy in vascular endothelial cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mooser bodies | A term used to refer to the rickettsiae found in the exudate (and in tissue) from the tunica vaginalis in endemic typhus fever (caused by Rickettsia typhi). (05 Mar 2000) |
| compressible cavernous bodies | Submucous venous plexuses found at the level of the pharyngoesophageal junction and anal canal, which assist in reducing or obliterating the lumen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| conchoidal bodies | Concentrically laminated calcified body's found in granulomas, particularly in sarcoidosis. Synonym: conchoidal bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wolf-Orton bodies | Intranuclear inclusion body's seen in cells of malignant neoplasms, especially those of glial cell origin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| multivesicular bodies | Membrane-bound body's, 0.5 to 1.0 um wide, that occur in the cytoplasm of cells and contain a number of small vesicles; hydrolases (especially acid phosphatase) occur in the matrix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Plimmer's bodies | An obsolete term for cancer bodies (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowdry's type A inclusion bodies | Droplet-like masses of acidophilic material surrounded by clear halos within nuclei, with margination of chromatin on the nuclear membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cowdry's type B inclusion bodies | Droplet-like masses of acidophilic material surrounded by clear halos within nuclei, without other nuclear changes during early stages of development of the inclusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| creola bodies | Large compact clusters of ciliated columnar cells found in the sputum of some asthmatic patients. (05 Mar 2000) |