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Ann Diagn Pathol
January 2025
Stanford Medical Center; Stanford, CA, United States of America.
Gamna-Gandy (GG) bodies are sclerosiderotic nodules composed of iron pigment and calcium, that have been described predominantly in the spleens of patients with sickle cell disease. Their formal depiction in the kidney is mainly limited to case reports and small series. We aimed to investigate the incidence of GG bodies and associated clinicopathologic features in consecutive nephrectomies performed for renal tumors.
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July 2020
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States.
A 40-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and jaundice. Past medical history was significant only for splenectomy following a motor vehicle accident. Owing to presence of multiple peritoneal nodules on computerized tomography (CT) and elevated serum CA-125, ovarian peritoneal carcinomatosis was suspected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Vet Diagn Invest
November 2017
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (Moore, Leavell, MacNeill).
Gamna-Gandy (GG) bodies are non-infectious, hyphal-like structures associated with siderotic nodules in lymphoid tissue; GG bodies are very rarely reported in veterinary cytologic samples. Cytologically, GG bodies can be misidentified as hyphae or plant material. Seven canine lymphoid tissue aspiration cases that contained GG bodies were investigated for morphologic variability and staining characteristics.
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July 2017
Intensive Care, Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
A 27-year-old African-American female with known sickle cell disease was admitted for sickle cell crisis and presumed sepsis. The patient's past medical history was complicated by multiple sickle cell-related complications, including seizures and multiple prior blood transfusions. Her hospital course included Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia, for which broad spectrum antibiotics were prescribed.
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