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Descriptor
English
:
Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Células Gigantes de Cuerpo Extraño
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Células Gigantes de Corpo Estranho
Tree Number:
A11.329.372.376
A11.500.376
A11.627.482.376
A11.733.397.376
A15.382.680.397.376
A15.382.812.522.376
Definition
English
:
Multinucleated cells (fused
macrophages
), characteristic of granulomatous
inflammation
, which form around exogenous material in the skin. They are
similar
in appearance to
Langhans giant cells
(
GIANT CELLS
, LANGHANS), but foreign-body
giant cells
have more abundant
chromatin
and their nuclei are scattered in an irregular pattern in the
cytoplasm.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
a type of macrophage; A 11 qualif
History Note
English
:
91(90); was see under GIANT CELLS 1990
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
24695
Unique Identifier:
D015743
Occurrence in VHL
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