Medicine: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.

Etymology

These inclusions were named after Swedish dermatologist Jörgen Nilsen Schaumann.

See also

• Asteroid body