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Hassall's corpuscle in thymus (600X)

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Hassall's corpuscle in thymus. Image copyright: University of Oslo, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. (Tissue stain: H+E).

Here you can see a Hassall's corpuscle at 60X magnification. These are found only in the medulla, have no known function, and are likely epithelial cells undergoing degeneration.

Published May 7th 2023, updated January 18th 2025.