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splenic foamy macrophages

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splenic spumous macrophagic infiltration, splenic foamy histiocytic infiltration

Etiology

- mycobacterial infections (16189163)

- genetic metabolic diseases

- systemic histiocytoses

- splenic destruction of cells

- rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with gold (4049543)

Case records

- Case 12002 : Systemic granulomatosis in Mycobacterium avium intracellulare in combined immune deficiency.

See also

- macrophagic infiltrations

References

- Dunn P, Kuo MC, Sun CF. Pseudo-Gaucher cells in mycobacterial infection: a report of two cases. J Clin Pathol. 2005 Oct;58(10):1113-4. PMID: 16189163

- Maschek H, Georgii A, Schmidt RE, Kirschner P, Böttger EC. Mycobacterium genavense. Autopsy findings in three patients. Am J Clin Pathol. 1994 Jan;101(1):95-9. PMID: 8279457

- Solis OG, Belmonte AH, Ramaswamy G, et al. Pseudogaucher cells in Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Am J Clin Pathol 1986;85:233?5. PMID: 3946307

- Links TP, Karrenbeld A, Steensma JT, et al. Fatal respiratory failure caused by pulmonary infiltration by pseudo-Gaucher cells. Chest 1992;101:265?6. PMID: 1729081

- Beutler E. Gaucheri?s disease. N Engl J Med 1991;325:1354?60.

- Zidar BL, Hartsock RJ, Lee RE, et al. Pseudo-Gaucher cells in the bone marrow of a patient with Hodgkin?s disease. Am J Clin Pathol 1987;87:533?6.

- Zaino EC, Rossi MB, Pham TD, et al. Gaucher?s cells in thalassemia. Blood 1971;38:457?62.

- Scullin DC, Shelburne JD, Cohen HJ. Pseudo-Gaucher cells in multiple myeloma. Am J Med 1979;67:347?52.

- Carrington PA, Stevens RF, Lendon M. Pseudo-Gaucher cells. J Clin Pathol 1992;45:360.

- Stewart AJ, Jones RD. Pseudo-Gaucher cells in myelodysplasia. J Clin Pathol 1999;52:917?18.

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