title: Intracellular starch granules in cytologic material.
abstract: Starch glove powder may contaminate the environment and material removed from patients. When such material is not fixed immediately, starch granules may be ingested by viable phagocytes, possibly giving rise to the mistaken impression that phagocytosis took place in the body of the patient. The presence of phagocytosed material in cytologic preparations should not automatically lead to the conclusion that intravital phagocytosis has taken place.
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D002648:Child; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013213:Starch
chemical_list: D013213:Starch