erythrophagocytosis

Definition: Phagocytosis of erythrocytes.

Images

 Erythrophagocytosis

• https://twitter.com/VijayPatho/status/855299729621635073
• https://twitter.com/BiopsyMD/status/831611424468242434

 hepatic erythrophagocytosis in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

• https://twitter.com/GIPathologyURMC/status/889533077118214144

Etiology

 eythrophagocytosis by activated histiocytes

• erythrophagocytic histiocytosis
  • macrophagic activation syndrome
    • familial lymphohistiocytosis (FLH)

 eythrophagocytosis by tumoral histiocytes

• primary histiocytic sarcoma (12747473, 12029539)

 eythrophagocytosis by tumoral cells

• eythrophagocytosis by leukemic cells
  • acute myeloid leukemia-M5 (acute monoblastic leukemia) with t(8;16) (11442471)

• eythrophagocytosis by lymphoma cells
  • CD30+ anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) (11426532, 9575683)

• eythrophagocytosis by carcinoma cells
• eythrophagocytosis by sarcoma cells
• eythrophagocytosis by rhabdomyosarcoma cells (9263166)

See also

 hemophagoccytosis