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satellitosis

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satellitosis /sat·el·li·to·sis/ (sat″el-i-to´sis) accumulation of neuroglial cells about neurons; seen whenever neurons are damaged.
sat·el·li·to·sis (stl--tss)
n.
A condition characterized by an accumulation of neuroglia around the neurons of the central nervous system, often followed by neuronophagia.

Satellitosis
A finding by low-power light microscopy in scarring (healing) cirrhosis, where islands of surviving liver parenchyma are surrounded by neutrophils and inflammation

satellitosis [sat″ĕ-li-to´sis]
accumulation of neuroglial cells about neurons; seen whenever neurons are damaged.

satellitosis
accumulation of neuroglial cells about neurons; seen whenever neurons are damaged.


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Histopathologic studies showed moderate neuronal degeneration characterized by neuronal hyperchromatosis, chromatolysis, and satellitosis (Figure 2, panel A).
Like other diffuse gliomas, SCA can show cortical infiltration and secondary structuring, including perineuronal satellitosis (Figure 7, C).
Other incidental lesions diagnosed were lipoma (5%) of the brain, myocardial degeneration (5%), and satellitosis of the heart (5%), ovarian cyst (5%), and urinary bladder cystitis (11%), found in a few animals only, were distributed randomly in the control and PAP-dosed groups.
 
 
 
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