What LE cells are in systemic lupus erythematosus: morphological signs of nuclear material phagocytosis by neutrophils in a blood smear.
🔬Lupus erythematosus cells (LE cells) are neutrophils that have engulfed lymphocyte nuclei, which are coated and denatured by antibodies to nucleoproteins.
Morphology of LE cells (lupus erythematosus cells) in SLE: detection of neutrophils with phagocytosed nuclear material in a blood smear by microscopy.
Morphology of LE cells in peripheral blood smears in systemic lupus erythematosus: formation mechanism, phagocytosis of nuclear bodies by neutrophils.
What hypersegmentation of neutrophils in a blood smear means: diagnostic criteria, connection to B12 and folate deficiency, and granulocyte morphology.
