Giant cell

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an inflammation of the lining of your arteries — the blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from your heart to the rest of your body.
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Giant cell tumor, malignant: A type of bone tumor characterized by massive destruction of bone near the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most commonly struck by this tumor is the knee -- the far end of the femur and the near end of the tibia.
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GIANT CELL ARTERITIS - An inflammatory condition of the temporal artery. Common symptoms include headaches and tenderness over the temple (temporal artery). Findings include an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
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A giant cell tumor is a benign solitary tumor that usually emerges in the ends (epiphyses and metaphyses) of long bones, and contains unusually large, multi-nucleated cells that are called giant cells.
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Alternate Names
: deQuervain's Thyroiditis, Granulomatous Giant Cell Thyroiditis
Definition
Subacute thyroiditis involves inflammation of the thyroid gland that usually follows an upper respiratory infection and then subsides.
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GIANT CELL ARTERITIS NOT YOUR NORMAL "PAIN IN THE HEAD"
Question: I developed a very bad headache a couple of weeks ago. It was so bad that I went to the emergency room. The doctor there told me I had something wrong with the artery in my scalp.
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Giant Cell Tumor: These occur on the palm side of the finger, usually to people over the age of 30, somewhat more often to women than men (ratio of 3:2). A giant cell tumor is a slowly enlarging painless mass.
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Giant cell, cranial, or temporal arteritis occurs when there is inflammation and necrosis (death of the tissues) of one or more arteries.
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Giant cell arteritisAlso called temporal arteritis. A condition which causes the inflammation of temporal arteries. It can cause blindness when the inflammation effects the ophthalmic artery.
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Giant cell arteritis
Multiple myeloma
Macroglobulinemia - primary
Hyperfibrinogenemia (elevated fibrinogen levels in the blood)
Necrotizing vasculitis
Polymyalgia rheumatica ...
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giant cell fibroblastoma
A rare type of soft tissue tumor marked by painless nodules in the dermis (the inner layer of the two main layers of tissue that make up the skin) and subcutaneous (beneath the skin) tissue.
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SYNCYTIA ("GIANT CELLS"): Dysfunctional multicellular clumps formed by cell-to-cell fusion. Cells infected with HIV may also fuse with nearby uninfected cells, forming balloonlike giant cells called syncytia.
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If you have giant cell arteritis, you may lose vision in one eye or, more rarely, in both eyes, especially if treatment is delayed.
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Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) (WHO grade I) is a benign, slow-growing tumor typically arising in the wall of the lateral ventricles and composed of large ganglioid astrocytes.
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