Lead inclusion bodies in osteoclasts.
Inclusion bodies occur frequently in the nuclei and rarely in the cytoplasm of osteoclasts in pigs with experimental lead poisoning. The light and electron microscope pictures of undemineralized sections are similar to those described for liver cord cells and renal tubular cells.
D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology; D002479:Inclusion Bodies; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine