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Granulation tissue

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Granulation tissue
A kind of tissue formed during wound healing, with a rough or irregular surface and a rich supply of blood capillaries.
Mentioned in: Granuloma Inguinale
granulation tissue,
n a soft, pink, fleshy projections that form during the healing process in a wound not healing by first intent. It consists of many capillaries surrounded by fibrous collagen. Overgrowth is termed
proud flesh. In dentistry, such tissue is evident at the opening to a fistulous tract or at the site of a recent tooth extraction.
granulation tissue A post-inflammatory reaction characterized by edema, chronic inflammation–lymphocytes, macrophages, plasma cells, and proliferating endothelial cells and blood vessels


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Histopathologic findings demonstrated ulcers and dermal granulation tissue with linearly arranged eosinophils, mast cells, neutrophils, and plasma cells between dense, homogeneous collagen bundles (sclerosing dermatitis).
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A biopsy of the granulation tissue in the left ear was sent for histopathology and microbiology.
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When used on wounds, XCell dressings provide pain relief, improve granulation tissue and epithelization, protect the periwound from maceration, and continuously balance wound moisture by simultaneously hydrating dry surfaces and absorbing excess fluid from wet surfaces.
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