Schaumann body

Crystalline inclusion with developing Schaumann body, polarized, in sarcoidosis

In pathology, Schaumann bodies are calcium and protein inclusions inside of Langhans giant cells as part of a granuloma.

Many conditions can cause Schaumann bodies, including:

* Sarcoidosis,
* Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and
* Berylliosis.
* uncommonly, Crohn's disease and tuberculosis.[1]

## Etymology

These inclusions were named after Swedish dermatologist Jörgen Nilsen Schaumann.[2]

## See also

* Asteroid body

## References

1. ↑ Williams WJ (1964). "HISTOLOGY OF CROHN'S SYNDROME". Gut 5: 510–6. doi:10.1136/gut.5.6.510. PMID 14244024.
2. ↑ doctor/564 at Who Named It?

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