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Birbeck granule
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English
thumb|right|200px|Birbeck granules in a patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Etymology
Named after Michael Stanley Clive Birbeck, who described it in 1961.
Noun
en anatomy, ultrastructure A rod or tennis racket-shaped cytoplasmic organelle solely found in Langerhans cells and hence a marker for Langerhans cell histiocytoses.
Synonyms
en Birbeck body
characteristic granule originally
en eponyms