"Granuloma, Foreign-Body" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Histiocytic, inflammatory response to a foreign body. It consists of modified macrophages with multinucleated giant cells, in this case foreign-body giant cells (GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY), usually surrounded by lymphocytes.
| Descriptor ID |
D015745
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.382.437 C26.392.560.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Granuloma, Foreign-Body- Granuloma, Foreign-Body
- Granuloma, Foreign Body
- Foreign-Body Granuloma
- Foreign Body Granuloma
- Foreign-Body Granulomas
- Granulomas, Foreign-Body
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