Look what I
saw today… These were all the rage in work-related Facebook groups a year or so
ago. Originally billed as “Green Crystals of Death”, these blue-green crystals
are seen in the neutrophils of critically ill patients. I must admit I’ve been
hunting for them ever since I first heard of them, and so far I’ve seen one.
Only one. This one.
They are
now known as “Critical Green Inclusion Bodies” (even though they look
blue to me!). there’s a good primer about
the things on Wikipedia, but I have a question. Bearing in mind that neutrophils
have been studied for over a hundred years since Elie Metchnikoff first
described them, why have these critical green inclusion bodies only been seen
in the last few years?
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