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epithelioid
(redirected from Epithelioid cells)

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epithelioid /ep·i·the·li·oid/ (-the´le-oid) resembling epithelium.
ep·i·the·li·oid (p-thl-oid)
adj.
Of or resembling epithelium.
epithelioid
resembling epithelium.
epithelioid cells
histiocytes with elongated or oval vesicular nuclei and finely granular eosinophilic cytoplasm; seen in epithelioid sarcoma.
epithelioid
Epithelial-like adjective Referring to cells, especially histiocytes, whose morphology mimics large epithelial cells


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Histology of the deep biopsy specimen identified features of granulomatous inflammation and palisading epithelioid cells, Langhans' giant cells, lymphocytes, and a few neutrophils with small foci of caseous necrosis (figure 1).
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Histologic examination uncovered follicular lesions with epithelioid cells and no caseating necrosis.
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