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macrophage
Function:
- derived from monocytes.
- main function is phagocytosis
Pathology:
- found in granulomas (epithelioid histiocytes) & atherosclerotic plaques
Laboratory:
- macrophages in bronchial specimen
- macrophages in urine sediment
- macrophages in body fluid
- macrophages in CSF
- macrophages in pericardial fluid
- macrophages in peritoneal fluid
- macrophages in pleural fluid
- macrophages in synovial fluid
- macrophages in vitreous fluid
Specific
Gaucher cell
hemosiderin laden macrophage
histiocyte
kupffer cell
placental macrophage (Hofbauer cell)
Reiter's cell
siderophage
General
connective tissue cell
mononuclear leukocyte
phagocyte