Lewy bodies

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Lewy bodies

[lā′wē, lo̅o̅′ē]

Etymology: Frederick H. Lewy, German neurologist, 1885-1950

concentric spheres found inside vacuoles in midbrain and brainstem neurons of patients with idiopathic parkinsonism, Alzheimer's disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions.

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