Hematoxylin bodies seen in:
Correct Answer: SLE
Description: In SLE, nuclei of damaged cells in various tissues react with antinuclear antibodies, lose their chromatin pattern, and become homogeneous, to produce so called lupus erythematosus (LE) bodies or hematoxylin bodies. Demonstration of LE cells in vitro was used as a test of SLE. Ref: Hahn B.H. (2012). Chapter 319. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. In D.L. Longo, A.S. Fauci, D.L. Kasper, S.L. Hauser, J.L. Jameson, J. Loscalzo (Eds),Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e.
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