Wolf-Orton bodies

Wolf-Or·ton bod·ies

(wŭlf-ōr'ton), intranuclear inclusion bodies seen in cells of malignant neoplasms, especially those of glial cell origin.

Wolf-Orton bodies

Intranuclear inclusions seen by light microscopy within the cells of certain cancers, especially of glial origin; it is not used in the working medical parlance.

Orton,

Samuel T., U.S. neurologist, 1879-1975. Wolf-Orton bodies - see under Wolf

Wolf,

A., 20th century U.S. pathologist. Wolf-Orton bodies - intranuclear inclusion bodies seen in cells of malignant neoplasms, especially those of glial cell origin.