Intramedullary neutrophil phagocytosis by histiocytes in autoimmune neutropenia of infancy

Acta Haematologica
H ShimizuT Fujimoto

Abstract

We describe a case of autoimmune neutropenia of infancy in which active phagocytosis of mature myeloid cells by bone marrow histiocytes was observed. This finding in the routine hematological investigation has not been reported so far and might be helpful in suggesting the diagnosis of autoimmune neutropenia of infancy, and also in understanding the pathogenesis of peripheral neutropenia in this disease.

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Dec 1, 1991·Acta Paediatrica Japonica; Overseas Edition·T MatsubayashiR Kawase
Aug 24, 2010·Histopathology·Roos J Leguit, Jan G van den Tweel

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