Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Foreign body giant cells are involved in the foreign body reaction, phagocytosis, and subsequent degradation of biomaterials which may lead to failure of the implanted material. [4] When produced, the FBGC's place themselves along the surface of the implantation, and will remain there for as long as the foreign material remains in the body. [1]
Adherent macrophages at the implant site can fuse into a multinucleated cell called foreign body giant cell. [11] Foreign body giant cell formation depends on the biomaterial surface properties and on the presence of interleukin-4 and interleukin-13. [11] Foreign body giant cells release reactive oxygen intermediates, degradative enzymes, and ...
Foreign body materials are very specific for foreign body granuloma. Granuloma annulare: Palisading granuloma and mucin Necrobiosis lipoidica: Palisading granuloma and necrobiotic materials Foreign-body granuloma: Foreign body Juvenile xanthogranuloma: Touton type giant cells and foamy cells VI. Tumoral lesions: Benign tumoral lesions Mastocytoma
For instance, an ultrasound may provide adequate results at a lower cost compared to an MRI. Know that you can say no to a given medical service. It's called an informed refusal.
Endocervical curettage is a medical procedure used to extract cells of the endocervix to visualize under a microscope. Direct cervical visualization, colposcopy, and even endocervical colposcopy are not enough to fully analyze all areas of the endocervical epithelium and thus endocervical curettage is the method of choice in cases where this is necessary.
Foreign-body giant cells form when a subject is exposed to a foreign substance. Exogenous substances can include talc or sutures. As with other types of giant cells, epithelioid macrophages fusing together causes these giant cells to form and grow. [13] In this form of giant cell, the nuclei are arranged in an overlapping manner.
LEEP cone biopsy displaying normal cervical epithelium (far left) progressing to borderline koilocytosis, to LSIL, and to HSIL (far right). A squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) is an abnormal growth of epithelial cells on the surface of the cervix, commonly called squamous cells.
The xanthogranulomatous type of inflammation is most-commonly seen in pyelonephritis and cholecystitis, although it has more recently been described in an array of other locations including bronchi, lung, endometrium, vagina, fallopian tubes, ovary, testis, epididymis, stomach, colon, ileum, pancreas, bone, lymph nodes, bladder, adrenal gland, abdomen and muscle. [5]