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Giant Cells, Foreign-Body
Foreign Body Giant Cell; Foreign Body Giant Cells; Foreign Body-Type Giant Cells; Cell, Foreign-Body Giant; Cells, Foreign-Body Giant; Foreign Body Type Giant Cells; Foreign-Body Giant Cell; Foreign-Body Giant Cells; 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.