Emperipolesis

Micrograph showing emperipolesis in a case of Rosai-Dorfman disease. H&E stain.

In medicine, emperipolesis is the presence of an intact cell within the cytoplasm of another cell.[1] It is derived from Greek (em is inside, peri is around, polemai is wander about).[2] Emperipolesis is an uncommon biological process, and can be physiological or pathological.[3]

It is related to peripolesis, which is the attachment of one cell to another.[4]

Emperipolesis is unlike phagocytosis, in which the engulfed cell is killed by the lysosomal enzymes of the macrophage. Instead, the engulfed cell remains viable within the other, and can exit at any time without causing structural or functional abnormalities in either cell.[3]

Classification

Emperipolesis has been classified into two categories:[3]

  1. Engulfment of hemapoietic cells by megakaryocytes such as in hematolymphoid disorders (Hodgkin's disease, leukemia, acute and chronic myeloid leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome)
  2. Engulfment of inflammatory cells by histiocytes, which is a hallmark of Rosai-Dorfman disease[5]

Other associations

It is seen in various conditions including:

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See also

References

  1. Emperipolesis. dictionary.com. URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/emperipolesis. Accessed on: 11 August 2010.
  2. Emperipolesis. Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 27th Ed.
  3. 1 2 3 Rastogi, Varun; Sharma, Rachna; Misra, Satya; Yadav, Lalita; Sharma, Vandana. "Emperipolesis – A Review". Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research. doi:10.7860/jcdr/2014/10361.5299.
  4. Lyons DJ, Gautam A, Clark J, et al. (January 1992). "Lymphocyte macrophage interactions: peripolesis of human alveolar macrophages". Eur. Respir. J. 5 (1): 59–66. PMID 1577151.
  5. Demicco EG, Rosenberg AE, Björnsson J, Rybak LD, Unni KK, Nielsen GP (July 2010). "Primary Rosai-Dorfman Disease of Bone: A Clinicopathologic Study of 15 Cases". Am J Surg Pathol. 34 (9): 1324–1333. doi:10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181ea50b2. PMID 20679880.
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