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Councilman Body
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Named after American Pathologist WIlliam Thomas Councilman.
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This is also known as Apoptotic body or Councilman hyaline Body
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It is an eosinophilic globule that represents a hepatocyte undergoing apoptosis and some times necrosis
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It is seen most commonly in Yellow fever and other viral hemorrhagic fevers
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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)
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