"Granuloma, Giant Cell" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A non-neoplastic inflammatory lesion, usually of the jaw or gingiva, containing large, multinucleated cells. It includes reparative giant cell granuloma. Peripheral giant cell granuloma refers to the gingiva (giant cell epulis); central refers to the jaw.
| Descriptor ID |
D006101
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.500.368 C07.320.391 C07.465.714.258.557 C23.550.382.468
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| Concept/Terms |
Granuloma, Giant Cell- Granuloma, Giant Cell
- Giant Cell Granuloma
- Giant Cell Granulomas
- Granulomas, Giant Cell
Epulis, Giant Cell- Epulis, Giant Cell
- Giant Cell Epulis
- Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma
- Epulides, Giant Cell
- Giant Cell Epulides
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