Fifty Years of Tart Cells David P. Steensma, MD Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 74, Issue 9, Pages 936-938 (September 1999) DOI: 10.4065/74.9.936 Copyright © 1999 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Malcolm M. Hargraves, discoverer of the lupus ery-thematosus cell and the Tart cell. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1999 74, 936-938DOI: (10.4065/74.9.936) Copyright © 1999 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Tart cell phenomenon: a monocyte has phagocytized another nucleated cell. The pyknotic secondary nucleus in the monocyte's perinuclear hof retains vestiges of its chromatin structure (redrawn from Diggs and associates6(p65). Mayo Clinic Proceedings 1999 74, 936-938DOI: (10.4065/74.9.936) Copyright © 1999 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions