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[von Hansemann cell]
Called also: Hansemann macrophages. These cells are modified macrophages (von Hansemann, 1903) found in malacoplakia of the urinary tract or kidney, a form of chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis with a predilection for patients with recurrent urinary tract inflammation and an immunocompromised state (Dobyan et al, 1993). von Hansemann cells contain characteristic extracytoplasmic or intracytoplasmic calcified bodies, known as Michaelis-Gutmann bodies.
For related information of interest see also: Cell types Dictionary, Cell lines in Cytokine Research, Cell culture.
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