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Aschoff body
Aschoff body[′ä‚shȯf ‚bäd·ē] (medicine) The lesion of rheumatic fever found around blood vessels in the myocardium. Aschoff body
Aschoff body A small granulomatous lesion composed of macrophages, lymphocytes and multinucleated giant cells, which surrounds pale eosinophilic collagenous material, classically seen in rheumatic fever-related myocarditis.Aschoff bodyOne of microscopic foci of fibrinoid degeneration and granulomatous inflammation found in the interstitial tissues of the heart in rheumatic fever.See also: Aschoff, Ludwig |