RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Eosinophilic bodies in pyloric and Brunner's gland cells.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1119
OP 1120
DO 10.1136/jcp.45.12.1119
VO 45
IS 12
A1 C A Rubio
A1 T Hirota
A1 M Itabashi
A1 B Jacobsson
A1 H Lignelid
YR 1992
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/45/12/1119.abstract
AB A previously unreported cell phenotype occurred in the pyloric and Brunner glands in two gastrectomy specimens. The cells were characterised by homogeneous, eosinophilic material in the cytoplasm. The eosinophilic material had an abnormally strong reactivity for Cystatin C, a protein found recently in the normal secretion of pyloric and Brunner's gland cells. The reason for the apparent cytoplasmic accumulation of cystatin C in the two patients described remains unclear.