lipochrome

(ˈlɪpəˌkrəʊm; ˈlaɪpəˌkrəʊm)

(Biology) any of several fat-soluble, yellow-coloured pigments found in various parts of the human body

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It (Figure 3) reported focal steatosis, focal nonspecific chronic inflammation, and portal fibrosis and a nonspecific increase in the lipochrome pigment in hepatocytes.

Acute Isolated Hyperbilirubinemia as a Presentation of Alcoholic Liver Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review

Such divergences can be the reflex of biotic and abiotic factors, especially when knowing that pigment (lipochrome) serves various uses, such as anoxic endogenous oxidation that helps surviving low oxygen tension (Zs-Nagy 1971, 1974).

OVERVIEW OF THE NEUROCYTOLOGY OF GANGLIA AND IDENTIFICATION OF PUTATIVE SEROTONIN- AND DOPAMINE-SECRETING NEURONS IN THE BIVALVE PEPPERY FURROW SHELL (SCROBICULARIA PLANA)

PAS- positive yellow brown lipochrome pigment is seen in many cells.

Masculinising ovarian steroid cell tumor in a 51 year old Indian female: a case report

It also contains abundant lipofuscin (also called lipochrome) pigment.

An in-depth look at Leydig cell tumor of the testis

To the Editor.--We read with interest the article on lipochrome pigment granules (LPGs) in the differential diagnosis of prostatic adenocarcinoma versus seminal vesicle-ejaculatory duct epithelium by Shidham and colleagues.[1] The authors make an original and successful attempt at morphologic categorization and subclassification of prostatic LPGs.

Prostate-Specific Antigen Expression and Lipochrome Pigment Granules

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