label: White matter globoid cells
label_lc: white matter globoid cells
description: "Multinucleated phagocytes in the cerebral white matter, typically are 10-15 micrometers in diameter, that contain fatty filamentous inclusions that stain positive for periodic acid-Schiff (PAS), which may be phagocytized myelin, as these cells are often found in proximity to sites where demyelination is prominent. Globoid cells have been to thought to originate from CNS resident microglia and/or infiltrating peripheral macrophages."