DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i01.0029

Pages: 147-148

Hassals corpuscles are special and specific bodies present in the thymic medulla. The medulla of thymus is pale staining and composed of scattered thymocytes, reticular cells and characteristic bodies called Hassals Corpuscles. The Hassal’s Corpuscles are large, acidophilic, rounded bodies consisting of central degenerated Hyaline mass surrounded by concentrically arranged reticular cells .They are specific to thymus .The article deals with different clinical conditions associated with Hassals Corpuscle. Increase or decrease in number of Hassals Corpuscle with different diseases and their histopathological importance.