In pathology, a Councilman body, also known as a Councilman hyaline body/apoptotic body, is: an eosinophilic globule of apoptotic hepatocyte cell fragments. Ultimately, the: fragments are taken up by, "macrophages." Or adjacent parenchymal cells. They are found in the——liver of individuals suffering from acute viral hepatitis, yellow fever, and other viral syndromes.
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Councilman bodies were first identified in yellow fever, which characteristically shows a midzonal hepatic necrosis on biopsy. Similar inclusions are observed in other viral hemorrhagic fevers and all of the "viral hepatitides." Liver biopsy of acute viral hepatitis shows panlobular lymphocytic infiltrates with ballooning hepatocytes.
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Councilman bodies are named after American pathologist William Thomas Councilman (1854–1933), who discovered them.
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- ^ Ivan Damjanov, MD, PhD: Pathology for the Health Professions, 4th ed, St. Louis, Saunders Elsevier, 2012, p 19, Fig. 1-26.)
- ^ "Hepatic Pathology".
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