Schaumann body

In pathology, Schaumann bodies are calcium and protein inclusions inside of Langhans giant cells as part of a granuloma.

Crystalline inclusion with developing Schaumann body, polarized, in sarcoidosis

Many conditions can cause Schaumann bodies, including:

• Sarcoidosis,
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and
• Berylliosis.
• uncommonly, Crohn's disease and tuberculosis.^[1]

Etymology

These inclusions were named after Swedish dermatologist Jörgen Nilsen Schaumann.^[2]

See also

• Asteroid body