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Descriptor English:   Granuloma, Foreign-Body 
Descriptor Spanish:   Granuloma de Cuerpo Extraño 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Granuloma de Corpo Estranho 
Synonyms English:   Foreign-Body Granuloma  
Tree Number:   C23.550.382.437
C26.392.560.325
Definition English:   Histiocytic, inflammatory response to a foreign body. It consists of modified macrophages with multinucleated giant cells, in this case foreign-body giant cells (GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY), usually surrounded by lymphocytes. 
History Note English:   91(90); was see under FOREIGN BODY REACTION 1990 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   24701 
Unique Identifier:   D015745 

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