Kurloff bodies

Kurloff bodies

A basophilic intracytoplasmic structure of uncertain nature found in the lymphocytes of guinea pigs infected with Leucocytozoon cobayae.

Kurloff,

Mikhail G., Russian physician, 1859-1932. Kurloff bodies - palely basophilic, granular inclusions sometimes observed in the cytoplasm of the large mononuclear leukocytes of guinea pigs and certain other animals.