Preferred Label : granuloma, giant cell;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : granulomas, giant cell; giant cell granulomas; giant cell granuloma;
MeSH hyponym : epulis, giant cell; granuloma, giant cell reparative; Giant Cell Epulis; Peripheral Giant Cell Granuloma; Epulides, Giant Cell; Giant Cell Epulides;
MeSH annotation : do not confuse with GIANT CELL TUMORS, benign or malignant neopl; coord IM with organ/dis
(IM), not organ/neopl; peripheral or epulis involves gingiva, central refers to jaw;
Origin ID : D006101;
UMLS CUI : C0018194;
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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.
http://www.cochrane.org/fr/CD007404
2009
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France
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french abstract
granuloma, giant cell
jaw
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