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Hemic and Immune Systems > Immune System > Mononuclear Phagocyte System > Macrophages > Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Cells > Myeloid Cells > Macrophages > Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Hemic and Immune Systems > Immune System > Phagocytes > Macrophages > Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Cells > Phagocytes > Macrophages > Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Cells > Connective Tissue Cells > Macrophages > Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Cells > Giant Cells > Giant Cells, Foreign-Body

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Giant Cells, Foreign-Body  

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  • Foreign Body Giant Cell
  • Foreign Body Giant Cells
  • Foreign Body Type Giant Cells
  • Foreign Body-Type Giant Cells

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(90); was see under GIANT CELLS 1990

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