fully developed epitheloid cells were not identified in lavage specimens , but differences were nevertheless found between the lavage cells from sarcoidosis patients and control subjects : in particular , alveolar macrophages in sarcoidosis were larger and showed better developed pseudopodia , more marked polarity , less nuclear heterochromatin , and lysosomes that were larger and more numerous but less electron-dense than normal .
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