Wolf-Orton bodies

Wolf-Or·ton bod·ies

(wŭlf-ōr'ton),
intranuclear inclusion bodies seen in cells of malignant neoplasms, especially those of glial cell origin.
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Wolf-Orton bodies

Intranuclear inclusions seen by light microscopy within the cells of certain cancers, especially of glial origin; it is not used in the working medical parlance.
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Orton,

Samuel T., U.S. neurologist, 1879-1975.
Wolf-Orton bodies - see under Wolf

Wolf,

A., 20th century U.S. pathologist.
Wolf-Orton bodies - intranuclear inclusion bodies seen in cells of malignant neoplasms, especially those of glial cell origin.
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