Aschoff body
any of the spindleshaped nodules found in heart tissue and -ssociated with the myocarditis of rheumatic fever.
aschoff body asch·off body (āsh’ôf’, ä’shôf’)
n.
a granulomatous inflammation characteristic of acute rheumatic carditis, consisting of fibrinoid changes in connective tissue and lymphocytes.
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