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. 2019 Mar 22;9(2):e2018076.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2018.076. eCollection 2019 Apr-Jun.

Gamna-Gandy bodies of the spleen in sickle cell disease

Mario Luiz Marques Piubelli  1 , Leticia Campos Clemente  1 , Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto  1
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Gamna-Gandy bodies of the spleen in sickle cell disease

Mario Luiz Marques Piubelli et al. Autops Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Anemia, Sickle Cell; Autopsy; Spleen; Splenic Diseases.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. A – Gross examination of the atrophic spleen with a light brownish external surface; B, C, and D – Photomicrographs of the spleen; B – shows the foci of interstitial fibrosis with iron deposits (H&E, 200X); C – shows the granulomatous reaction with multinucleated foreign-body cells surrounding the iron deposits (H&E, 400X); D – shows iron pigmentation associated with fibrous tissue (Pearls, 200X). Scale bars: B, C, D = µm.
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