Abstract
Phagocytosis was observed in tumor cells from a metastatic medulloblastoma to the bone marrow. Erythrocytes and leukocytes were seen in the cytoplasm of the tumor cells. Another abnormal finding was self-phagocytosis, in which tumor cells engulfed one another. The mechanism of tumor phagocytosis is not yet clearly understood. Only a few cases of erythrophagocytosis by epithelial tumor cells have been reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a medulloblastoma with hematophagocytosis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 651-653 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |