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. 2018 Oct 26:499–515. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805306-5.00020-1

Figure 20.3.

Figure 20.3

Normal Kurloff cell in a blood smear from a guinea pig.

A Kurloff body is a mucopolysaccharide inclusion in the cytoplasm of lymphocytes. They are found in lymphocytes of guinea pigs and capybaras. In this image, it causes mild peripheralization of the nucleus.

(Photo Courtesy of L. Black, University of Florida)