About The Medical Condition Foreign-Body Giant Cell

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Foreign-Body Giant Cell

Foreign-Body Giant Cell Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Foreign-Body Giant Cell Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Foreign-Body Giant Cell?

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.

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