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*Touton giant cell.
*Touton giant cell.
*Osteoclastic giant cell.
*Osteoclastic giant cell.
*Foreign body type giant cell.


===Table===
===Table===
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| high lipid content lesions<ref>URL: [http://granuloma.homestead.com/giant_cells.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/giant_cells.html]. Accessed on: 7 February 2011.</ref>
| high lipid content lesions<ref>URL: [http://granuloma.homestead.com/giant_cells.html http://granuloma.homestead.com/giant_cells.html]. Accessed on: 7 February 2011.</ref>
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_xanthogranuloma_-_very_high_mag.jpg], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Touton_Giant_Cell.jpg]
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juvenile_xanthogranuloma_-_very_high_mag.jpg JXG (WC)]
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| Epithelioid type
| scattered nuclei<ref name=Ref_InstantPath7>Ref InstantPath|7</ref>
| ?
| ?
| Image
|-
| Langhans giant cell
| peripheral eccentric nuclei<ref name=Ref_InstantPath7>Ref InstantPath|7</ref>
| ?
| '''not''' to be confused with ''Langerhans cells''
| [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Granulation_tissue_containg_a_poorly_formed_granuloma_with_a_Langhan%27s_giant_cell.jpg LGC (WC)]
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*[[Basics]].
*[[Basics]].
*[[Giant cell lesions]] - includes a DDx of lesions with giant cells.
*[[Giant cell lesions]] - includes a DDx of lesions with giant cells.
*[[Histiocytoses]].


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:05, 12 August 2011

Giant cells are "big" cells with multiple nuclei. They come in different flavours, which are suggestive of causality.

Giant cell types

List:

  • Touton giant cell.
  • Osteoclastic giant cell.
  • Foreign body type giant cell.

Table

Type Histology Stains Other Image
Touton giant cell nuclei around cell periphery ? high lipid content lesions[1] JXG (WC)
Epithelioid type scattered nuclei[2] ? ? Image
Langhans giant cell peripheral eccentric nuclei[2] ? not to be confused with Langerhans cells LGC (WC)

See also

References

  1. URL: http://granuloma.homestead.com/giant_cells.html. Accessed on: 7 February 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ref InstantPath|7