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Kupffer cells
Saturday 31 May 2003
Highly phagocytic cells of the mononuclear phagocyte family.
Anomalies
erythrophagocytosis
sickle red cells
lipofuscin deposits
hemosiderin deposits (hemosiderosis)
bile deposits (bile-laden Kupffer cells)
Kupffer cell hyperplasia
enlargement (Kupffer cell hypertrophia)
vacuolated Kuppfer cells
Videos
Kupffer cells in the liver
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See also
Liver
- hepatic lobules
- hepatic sinusoids
