Aschoff body

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An aschoff body is a form of granulomatous inflammation characteristically observed in acute rheumatic carditis. Fully developed Aschoff bodies consist of fibrinoid change in connective tissue, lymphocytes, occasional plasma cells, and abnormal characteristic histiocytes.

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