Named Cells | Condition |
Anitschkow or caterpillar cells | Rheumatic heart disease |
Globoid cells | Krabbe disease |
Kugelitsky cells | Small cell carcinoma of lung |
Signet ring cells | Signet ring cell carcinoma |
Crumpled tissue paper macrophages | Gauchers disease |
Clue cells | Bacterial vaginosis |
Fried egg cells | Oligodendroglioma |
Hallmark cells | Anaplastic large cell lymphoma |
Shadow cells | Pilomatricoma |
Mott cells | Plasma cell myeloma |
Lepidic cells | Cardiac myxoma |
Spider cells | Rhabdomyoma |
- Macrophage Names in Tissues:
Tissue | Macrophage Name | Notes |
Brain | Microglia | — |
Lungs | Dust cells → Alveolar macrophages | Clara cells → non ciliated secretory cells in bronchioles on lung |
Liver | Kupffer cells | — |
Kidney | Mesangial cells | — |
Spleen | Littoral cells | — |
Placenta | Hofbauer cells | Zika virus residence |
Bone | Osteoclast | — |
Synovium | Synoviocytes (Type A) | — |