Asteroid body
asteroid body
asteroid body as·ter·oid body (ās’tə-roid’)
n.
an eosinophilic inclusion body having radiating lines, found in a vacuolated area of cytoplasm of a multinucleated giant cell, especially seen in sarcoidosis but occurring also in other granulomas.
a structure characteristic of sporotrichosis when found in the skin or in secondary lesions of sporotrichosis.
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