Foam cells
- Fat-containing macrophage.
- Characteristic feature in the formation of atheromatus plaques.
- In special situations, epithelial cells lack a free surface.
- Derived from progenitor mesenchymal cells.( such cells are present in testis,ovaries, pancreas, adrenal gland,...)
- Epithelioid patterns are also formed by accumulations of connective tissue macrophages in response to certain types of injury and infections, as well as by many tumors derived from epithelium.
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