giant cells, foreign-body

Preferred Label : giant cells, foreign-body;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : cell, foreign-body giant; foreign body giant cell; foreign body giant cells; foreign body type giant cells; foreign-body giant cells; cells, foreign-body giant; foreign-body giant cell; giant cell, foreign-body; foreign body-type giant cells; giant cells, foreign body;

MeSH annotation : a type of macrophage; A 11 qualif;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant cells, foreign-body;

Details

Origin ID

D015743;

UMLS CUI

C0017527;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Foreign Body Giant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Foreign body giant cell (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- foreign body giant cell, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- giant cells, Foreign-Body [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- granuloma, foreign-body [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Foreign Body Giant Cell [NCIt concept]
- Foreign body giant cell (cell) [SNOMED CT concept]
- foreign body giant cell, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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