Gaucher, Philippe Charles Ernest


Gaucher,

Philippe Charles Ernest, French physician, 1854-1918. Gaucher cells - large, finely and uniformly vacuolated cells derived from the reticuloendothelial system and found especially in the spleen, lymph nodes, liver, and bone marrow of patients with Gaucher disease.Gaucher disease - a lysosomal storage disease. Synonym(s): cerebroside lipidosis; familial splenic anemiaGaucher type of histiocytepseudo-Gaucher cell - a plasma cell, microscopically resembling a Gaucher cell, found in the bone marrow in some cases of multiple myeloma.