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Granuloma, Foreign-Body
| Medical Definition: | 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. |
| Previously Indexed: | Foreign Bodies (1966-1989),Foreign Body Reaction (1972-1989),Granuloma (1966-1989) |
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