Askanazy cells

Askanazy cells
large granular eosinophilic cells, rich in mitochondria, found in the thyroid gland in autoimmune thyroiditis and HÑŒrthle cell tumors. Called also HÑŒrthle c's, interfollicular c's, oxyphil c's, and oxyphils.

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  • Askanazy cells — As·ka·na·zy cells (asґkə nah″ze) [Max Askanazy, German pathologist, 1865–1940] see under cell …   Medical dictionary

  • Askanazy cells — see Hürthle cell tumour …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • HÑŒrthle cells cell tumor — HÑŒrth·le cells, cell tumor (hērtґlə) [Karl HÑŒrthle, German histologist, 1860–1945] see Askanazy cells, under cell, and see under tumor …   Medical dictionary

  • HÑŒrthle cells — Askanazy c s …   Medical dictionary

  • interfollicular cells — Askanazy c s …   Medical dictionary

  • oxyphil cells — oxyphilic cells 1. acidophilic cells found, along with the more numerous chief cells, in the parathyroid glands; they increase in number with age, have small dark nuclei and abundant finely granular cytoplasm, and are larger and have many more… …   Medical dictionary

  • Hurthle cell — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 31956 ICD10 = C73.9 ICD9 = ICDO = 8290/0 OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 1045 MeshID = D018249A Hürthle cell (also known, incorrectly as Askanazy cell. Askanazy… …   Wikipedia

  • HÑŒrthle cell tumor — a new growth of the thyroid gland composed wholly or predominantly of large cells (HÑŒrthle, or Askanazy, cells) that have abundant granular, eosinophilic cytoplasm. Such tumors are usually benign (HÑŒrthle cell adenoma) but on occasion may be… …   Medical dictionary

  • Hürthle cell tumour — a malignant tumour of the thyroid gland that arises from Hürthle (or Askanazy) cells, altered follicular cells of the gland that have large nuclei and stain deeply with eosin (these cells are also found in benign nodules and Hashimoto s disease) …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • oxyphil — oxy·phil (okґse fil) 1. (in the pl.) oxyphil cells. 2. (in the pl.) Askanazy cells. 3. acidophilic (def. 1) …   Medical dictionary

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