Aschoff cell

Asch·off cell

(ahsh'of),

a large cell component of rheumatic nodules in the myocardium with a characteristic nucleus and relatively little cytoplasm.

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Aschoff,

Karl Ludwig, German pathologist, 1866-1942.

Aschoff bodies - a form of granulomatous inflammation characteristically observed in acute rheumatic carditis. Synonym(s): Aschoff nodules

Aschoff cell - a large-cell component of rheumatic nodules in the myocardium.

Aschoff nodules - Synonym(s): Aschoff bodies

node of Aschoff and Tawara - a small node of modified cardiac muscle that gives rise to the atrioventricular bundle of the conduction system of the heart. Synonym(s): atrioventricular node; Tawara node

Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses - see under Rokitansky

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