L E CELL
- It's stand for Lupus Erythematosus cell.
- LE cell engulfe the neutrophil or macrophage .
- It has phagocytized the denatured nuclear material of another cell and it is denatured material is an absorbed hematoxylin body.
- It is also called an LE body.
- LE cells can be observed in drug-induced lupus.
- The LE cell was discovered in bone marrow in 1948 by Malcolm McCallum Hargraves.
- LE cell is analyzed microscopically.
- it is also investigated by flow cytometry.