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PIGMENTED LIPID HISTIOCYTOSIS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTION: ULTRASTRUCTURE OF SPLENIC HISTIOCYTES
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1967
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Electron MicroscopyLiver PhysiologyPathogenesisHistopathologyPigmented Lipid HistiocytosisPathologyGeneral PathologyDermatologyMetabolismMedicineSplenic HistiocytesOxidative Stress
Electron microscopy of splenic histiocytes from a patient dying of pigmented lipid histiocytosis was carried out. Intracytoplasmic bodies were observed which were considered related to abnormalities in the oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids.