thy·mic cor·pus·cle

small, spheric bodies of keratinized and usually squamous epithelial reticular cells arranged in a concentric pattern around clusters of degenerating lymphocytes, eosinophils, and macrophages; found in the medulla of the lobules of the thymus.

Synonym(s): Hassall bodies, Hassall concentric corpuscle, Virchow-Hassall bodies

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thy·mic cor·pus·cle

(thī'mik kōr'pŭs-ĕl)

Small, spheric bodies of keratinized and usually squamous epithelial cells arranged in a concentric pattern around clusters of degenerating lymphocytes, eosinophils, and macrophages; found in the medulla of the lobules of the thymus.
Synonym(s): Hassall bodies, Hassall concentric corpuscle.

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Hassall,

Arthur, English physician, 1817-1894.

Hassall bodies - small spherical bodies of keratinized and usually squamous epithelial cells found in the medulla of the lobules of the thymus. Synonym(s): Hassall concentric corpuscle; thymic corpuscle; Virchow-Hassall bodies

Hassall concentric corpuscle - Synonym(s): Hassall bodies

Hassall-Henle bodies - hyaline bodies on the posterior surface of Descemet membrane at the periphery of the cornea. Synonym(s): Henle warts

Virchow-Hassall bodies - Synonym(s): Hassall bodies

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References in periodicals archive

Thymic corpuscles could be observed in the medulla.

There were three types of thymic corpuscles in the ostrich thymus, which were similar in structure to those observed in broiler chickens, ducks, and white leghorns (Wei et al.; Yu et al.; Yuan et al.).

In broiler chickens, ghrelin-ip cells have been identified in thymic epithelial cells, thymic corpuscles, and macrophages (Wei et al.).

Distribution and Morphology of Ghrelin-Immunopositive Cells in the Thymus of the African Ostrich/Distribucion y Morfologia de Celulas Inmunopositivas de la Ghrelina en el Timo de la Avestruz Africana

An electron microscopic study of thymic corpuscles in guinea pig.

Age changes in the thymus--a histological and morphological study

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