Dutcher body

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English[edit]

Dutcher and Russell bodies: globular pink inclusions on this H&E stain.

Etymology[edit]

Described by Dutcher and Fahey in 1959.

Noun[edit]

Dutcher body (plural Dutcher bodies)

  1. (microbiology) One of the periodic acid-Schiff reaction-positive nuclear inclusions, containing immunoglobulin, that are either invaginated into or overlying the nucleus.

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