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I HAVE seen hitherto unnoted large round or polyhedric cells, of 10–20 µ diameter, in the outskirts of middle-sized and big choroidal arteries in the region of the posterior pole of many human eyes. These big cells are conspicuous by their clear cytoplasm, only a few of them containing small granules. The plasm is outlined by a smooth continuous cell membrane. The nuclei are stained with hæmatoxylin an even dark purple without visible chromosomes or nucleoli ; they are round or oblong and situated predominantly centrally. These large cells are present relatively infrequently in normal choroid (Fig. 1), where they are found singly ; they occur in groups in the media or adventitia of arteries in cases of hypertension and other circulatory disturbances (Fig. 2).
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LOEWENSTEIN, A. Glomus Cells in the Human Choroid. Nature 163, 69 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163069a0
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