multinucleated giant cell

Introduction

Large polyploid cells generally found in association with:

• Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (granuloma)
• AIDS dementia complex (microglial nodule)
• granulomatous angiitis (granuloma)
• giant cell glioblastoma
• sarcoidosis (granuloma)
• cells infected by Herpes virus
• subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (granuloma)
• granuloma annulare (granuloma)

More specific terms

• Anitschkow cell (caterpillar cell)
• Aschoff cell (caterpillar cell)
• Reed-Sternberg cell