Emperipolesis

As Emperipolesis or Emperipolese recording or serving of, for example, lymphocytic cells is referred to by other cells. In contrast to phagocytosis, the coated cells while remaining intact. In normal bone marrow Emperipolesen can occur in megakaryocytes can entangle other precursor cells of the hematopoietic here.

Pathology

Rosai - Dorfman In the disease, a rare disease from the group of histiocytosis, the occurrence of Emperipolesen is characteristic: histologically are here intact inflammatory cells in large histiocytes detectable.

With other diseases, however, Emperipolesen occur: so Emperipolesen can occur with intact lymphocytes in hepatocytes, for example in liver inflammation.