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==Spironolactone bodies== | ==Spironolactone bodies== | ||
Features:<ref>{{cite journal |author=Kovacs K, Horvath E, Singer W |title=Fine structure and morphogenesis of spironolactone bodies in the zona glomerulosa of the human adrenal cortex |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=26 |issue=12 |pages=949-57 |year=1973 |month=December |pmid=4131694 |pmc=477936 |doi= |url=http://jcp.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=4131694}}</ref> | ===General=== | ||
Etiology: | |||
*Long-term use of spironolactone. | |||
===Microscopic=== | |||
Features:<ref name=pmid4131694>{{cite journal |author=Kovacs K, Horvath E, Singer W |title=Fine structure and morphogenesis of spironolactone bodies in the zona glomerulosa of the human adrenal cortex |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=26 |issue=12 |pages=949-57 |year=1973 |month=December |pmid=4131694 |pmc=477936 |doi= |url=http://jcp.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=4131694}}</ref> | |||
*Location: zona glomerulosa (where aldosterone is produced). | *Location: zona glomerulosa (where aldosterone is produced). | ||
*Appearance: eosinophilic spherical laminated whorls. | *Appearance: eosinophilic spherical laminated whorls. | ||
Images: | Images: | ||