| giant cell a. |
a chronic vascular disease in the elderly, of unknown origin, often associated with polymyalgia rheumatica, seen usually in the external carotid arteries but sometimes in other arteries. Characteristics include proliferative inflammation, often with giant cells and granulomas; headache; pain with chewing; weight loss; fever; sometimes ocular symptoms; and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Called also cranial, granulomatous, or temporal a. and Horton's a., disease, or syndrome.
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| giant cell c. |
a poorly differentiated, highly malignant, epithelial neoplasm containing numerous very large, multinucleated tumor cells, such as occurs in the lungs.
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| giant cell c. of thyroid gland |
a type of anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid gland, containing numerous giant cells, some with multiple nuclei.
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| giant cell e. |
a sessile or pedunculated lesion of the gingiva, or less often the mucous membrane covering edentulous ridges, which represents inflammatory reactions to injury or hemorrhage, and is not considered a true neoplasm. Histologically, it is composed of a spindle cell stroma punctuated by multinucleate giant cells. Called also peripheral giant cell reparative granuloma.
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| giant cell h. |
neonatal h.
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