[Erythrophagocytic cancer cells].
The phagocytosis of senescent red cells by the monocyte-macrophage system and neutrophils is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, the erythrophagocytosis by malignant tumor cells was also reported, such as plasma cells of multiple myeloma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells and oat cells of bronchogenic carcinoma, etc. This paper describes the erythrophagocytosis by signet-ring cells of adenocarcinoma of the lung observed by electronmicroscope in 1982 and supported by light microscopy and cytochemical tests.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D002288:Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D004912:Erythrocytes; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010587:Phagocytosis