H&E stain demonstrating<unk> s in rheumatic heart disease. In pathology,<unk>  (or Anichkov) cells are often cells associated with rheumatic heart disease.<unk> s are enlarged macrophages found within granulomas (called Aschoff bodies) associated with the disease. The cells are also called caterpillar cells, as they have an ovoid nucleus and chromatin that is condensed toward the center of the nucleus in a wavy rod-like pattern that to some resembles a caterpillar. Larger<unk> s may coalesce to form multinucleated Aschoff giant cells.<unk> s were named after the Russian pathologist Nikolay Anichkov. Squamous epithelial cells with nuclear changes resembling<unk> s have also been observed in recurrent aphthous stomatitis, iron deficiency anemia, children receiving chemotherapy, as well as in healthy individuals.
Anitschkow cell
Aschoff cell
Touton giant cell
Langhans giant cell
Lutzner cells
Buttock cell
Nevus cell
Hürthle cell