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Globoid cell

Hematoxylin-eosin stain

  • In globuloid cell leukodystrophy (also called Krabbe disease), large and multinucleated macrophages containing galactocerebroside, which is a metabolic abnormality product, can be observed mainly around blood vessels. This cell is called a globuloid cell.