1Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbology, RUHS College of Dental Sciences, Jaipur
2Professor & Head, Department of Anaesthesiology, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur
3Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Eternal Heart Care Centre & Research Institute, Jaipur
4Postgraduate, Department of Orthopaedics, Era's Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow
5Postgraduate, Department of Pediatrics, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, New Delhi
*Corresponding Address: Dr. Shikha Shrivastava, D- 42, Mahesh Marg, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur. Mob. No. 7597510584. Email- shikhashrivastava29@gmail.com
Online published on 21 March, 2015.
These giant cells are now recognized as a common feature of granulomas induced both by immunological and non-immunological stimuli. Thus, they are found in granulomas associated with the immune response to tuberculosis, leprosy, syphilis, and various fungal and parasitic infections as well as in granulomas associated with nonimmune responses to toxic agents such as silica, beryllium, and asbestos, nontoxic agents such as carbon particles, plastic beads, and iron particles.1
Giant cell, macrophages, central giant cell granuloma, peripheral giant cell granuloma
