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Descriptor English: Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Descriptor Spanish: Células Gigantes de Cuerpo Extraño
Descriptor células gigantes de cuerpo extraño
Scope note: Células multinucleadas (macrófagos fusionados) características de la inflamación granulomatosa que se forma alrededor del material exógeno en la piel. En apariencia, son similares a las CÉLULAS GIGANTES DE LANGHANS, pero las células gigantes de cuerpo extraño tienen mayor abundancia de cromatina y sus núcleos están dispersos en un patrón irregular en el citoplasma.
Descriptor Portuguese: Células Gigantes de Corpo Estranho
Descriptor French: Cellules géantes à corps étrangers
Entry term(s): Cell, Foreign-Body Giant
Cells, Foreign-Body Giant
Foreign Body Giant Cell
Foreign Body Giant Cells
Foreign Body Type Giant Cells
Foreign Body-Type Giant Cells
Foreign-Body Giant Cell
Foreign-Body Giant Cells
Giant Cell, Foreign-Body
Giant Cells, Foreign Body
Tree number(s): A11.329.372.376
A11.500.376
A11.627.482.376
A11.733.397.376
A15.382.670.522.376
A15.382.680.397.376
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015743
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.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Foreign Body Reaction (1972-1989)
Macrophages (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under GIANT CELLS 1990
History Note: 91(90); was see under GIANT CELLS 1990
DeCS ID: 24695
Unique ID: D015743
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/04/07
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Giant Cells, Foreign-Body - Preferred
Concept UI M0024132
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.
Preferred term Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Entry term(s) Cell, Foreign-Body Giant
Cells, Foreign-Body Giant
Foreign Body Giant Cell
Foreign Body Giant Cells
Foreign Body Type Giant Cells
Foreign Body-Type Giant Cells
Foreign-Body Giant Cell
Foreign-Body Giant Cells
Giant Cell, Foreign-Body
Giant Cells, Foreign Body



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