Plasma cells with iron inclusions in two non-alcoholic Chinese women.
Plasma cells with iron granules are rare, especially among non-alcoholic individuals. We report two teetotaller Chinese women with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, whose bone marrow studies revealed plasma cells with inclusions morphologically compatible with iron granules. The iron nature of the granules was confirmed by elemental analysis. The clinical significance and the exact mechanism of formation of these iron inclusions in plasma cells remain unknown.
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Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.
Feng
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Chew
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000473:pathology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology*; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013052:Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission
D007501:Iron