Birbeck granule
Birbeck granules in a patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Meaning
Noun
- A rod or tennis racket-shaped cytoplasmic organelle solely found in Langerhans cells and hence a marker for Langerhans cell histiocytoses.
Related
Similar words
- Birbeck body
- characteristic granule
Origin
- Named after Michael Stanley Clive Birbeck, who described it in 1961.
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