The small spherical bodies of epithelial cells found in the medulla of the thymus, that are arranged in a concentric pattern around clusters of degenerating lymphocytes, eosinophils and macrophages. [ MP:0009539 ]
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- NCIT:C13170
- MA:0000772
- Wikipedia:Hassall's_corpuscles
- EMAPA:35395
- UMLS:C0229950 (ncithesaurus:Hassall_s_Corpuscle)
- SCTID:34223001
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pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
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The small spherical bodies of epithelial cells found in the medulla of the thymus, that are arranged in a concentric pattern around clusters of degenerating lymphocytes, eosinophils and macrophages.