Hematoxylin body

In diagnostic pathology, a hematoxylin body, or LE body, is a dense, homogeneous, basophilic particle, easily stainable with hematoxylin. It consists of degraded nuclear material from an injured cell, along with autoantibodies and a limited amount of cytoplasm.[1][2][3]

Hematoxylin bodies occur in systemic lupus erythematosus. The hematoxylin body may be green, blue, or purple with the Papanicolaou stain and magenta with Romanowsky stains.[4] The material has a positive Feulgen stain reaction, which is typical of DNA.[5] The material may be extracellular or may be ingested by leukocytes, which are then known as LE cells.[2][6][7]

References
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