Vermipodia - a new type of cell process.
A new kind of cell process is described in leukemic cells in two cases of histiocytic malignancies. They were evident both with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. As they have a tubular, worm like appearance, the name vermipodia has been given to them.
D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000473:pathology*