Councilman Body

Councilman Body

• Named after American Pathologist WIlliam Thomas Councilman.

• This is also known as Apoptotic body or Councilman hyaline Body

• It is an eosinophilic globule that represents a hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis and some times necrosis

• It is seen most commonly in Yellow fever and other viral hemorrhagic fevers

• Also noted in liver biopsy of patients with viral hepatitis along with mid zonal necrosis and lymphocytic infiltration

By

Dr.B. Chaitanya (Consultant Pathologist, RDT hospital, Anantapur) (bchaitanya.med@gmail.com)

Edited by Dr.V.Shanthi (Professor of Pathology, Narayana Medical College, Nellore)