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