Bracht–Wachter bodies are a finding in infective endocarditis consisting of yellow-white miliary spots in the myocardium.
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Histologically, these are collections of chronic inflammatory cells, mainly lymphocytes and histiocytes.
History
They were described by two Germans, Erich Franz Eugen Bracht, a pathologist and obstetrician-gynecologist, and Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter, a physician.
Related findings
Other findings in infective endocarditis are:
References
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