Friedrich Feyrter

Friedrich Feyrter (2 June 1895, Vienna – 2 December 1973, Bad Fischau-Brunn) was an Austrian pathologist.

In 1934 he obtained his habilitation with the thesis "Carcinoid und Carcinom", later serving as a professor in Danzig, Graz and Göttingen.

Associated eponyms "Feyrter's cells": Synonym for neuroendocrine cells, also known as "clear cells" or Kultschitzky cells. "Feyrter disease": Plasmacytosis of pulmonary tissue that affects premature infants.

Selected works Über diffuse endokrine epitheliale Organe, 1938 – On diffuse endocrine epithelial organs. Über die Histopathologie der Masern des Menschen, 1947 – On the histopathology of measles in humans. Über Neurome und Neurofibromatose, nach Untersuchungen am menschlichen Magendarmschlauch, 1948 – On neuromas and neurofibromatosis, according to studies on the human gastrointestinal tract. Über die Pathologie der vegetativen nervösen Peripherie und ihrer ganglionären Regulationsstätten, 1950 – On the pathology of the autonomic nervous periphery and associated ganglionic regulatory regions. Über die peripheren endokrinen (parakrinen) Drüsen des Menschen, 1953 – On the peripheral endocrine (paracrine) glands of humans.