Hematoxylin-stained bodies and tissue LE cells in a skeletal muscle biopsy.
Hematoxylin-stained bodies and tissue "LE cells" have been identified for the first time in a skeletal muscle biopsy from a 46-year-old white female with clinical and laboratory evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus. The specificity and limited usefulness of hematoxylin bodies are discussed.
McMullan
D T
DT
Department of Pathology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
Powers
J M
JM
Nussbaum
A I
AI
D001578:Benzopyrans; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006416:Hematoxylin; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling
D001578:Benzopyrans; D006416:Hematoxylin