osteoclast-like giant cell

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osteoclast-like giant cell

A multinucleated giant cell with abundant eosinophilic, finely granular or homogeneous cytoplasm containing up to 100 uniform oval nuclei, each measuring 5–7 µm with scattered small nucleoli and peripheral chromatin.

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Osteoclast-like giant cells are often scattered among plump spindled mononuclear cells and may occur in benign and malignant conditions—e.g., fibrous histiocytoma, Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis, in the mural nodules of mucin-producing ovarian and liver cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma, tumoural calcinosis.

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Osteoclast-like giant cell tumour of the pancreas: an undifferentiated carcinoma of duct epithelial origin.

Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cell tumor of the pancreas: a discussion of rare entity in comparison with pleomorphic giant cell tumor of the pancreas.

Cephalic undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells arising from the main pancreatic duct: case report and literature review

Moiraghi et al., "Clear cell sarcoma-like tumor with osteoclast-like giant cells in the small bowel: further evidence for a new tumor entity," International Journal of Surgical Pathology, vol.

Clear cell sarcoma-like tumor of the gastrointestinal tract, presenting as a second malignancy after childhood hepatoblastoma

Atypical fibroxanthoma with osteoclast-like giant cells. Acta Derm Venereol.

An unusual variant with osteoclast-like giant cells. Am J Surg Pathol.

Atypical fibroxanthoma with dermal amyloid deposit

Some of these were engulfed by osteoclast-like giant cells. The background was highly vascular and hemorrhagic, with multiple areas of necrosis.

Osteoclast-like giant-cell tumor of the parotid with salivary duct carcinoma: case report and cytologic, histologic, and immunohistochemical findings

Clear cell sarcomas frequently display tumoral giant cells but lack the osteoclast-like giant cells of CCSLGT, and up to two-thirds contain melanin pigment.

Clear Cell Sarcoma-like Tumor of the Gastrointestinal Tract: An Evolving Entity

In Erdheim-Chester disease, the bone marrow is replaced by a proliferation of large, foamy histiocytes embedded in dense fibrous tissue with sparse inflammatory cells and multinucleated, osteoclast-like giant cells. The lesional cells infiltrate the host trabecular bone, which appears thickened.

Nonneoplastic lesions that simulate primary tumors of bone

To diagnose pleomorphic carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells, extensive sampling may be required to demonstrate carcinomatous areas.

Sarcomatoid neoplasms of the lung and pleura

In addition, variable numbers of scattered osteoclast-like giant cells and brisk osteoblastic rimming of the trabecular bone were noted.

Rapidly Growing Expansile Lesion of the Left Jaw in a 15-Year-Old Boy

Histologically, osteoclast-like giant cells, spindle cells, and lymphocytes were haphazardly scattered within a myxoid or collagenized background substance showing chondro-osteoid changes.

Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Larynx Presenting With Hypoglottic Obstruction

A reading of representative hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections revealed the following features common to all cases: (1) the presence of variable numbers of multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells within the lesion; (2) a companion population of mononuclear histiocytes, some with deep nuclear clefts or grooves, the karyomorphism of Langerhans cells; and (3) a component of neutrophilic and eosinophilic granulocytes in varying proportions.

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme, Transforming Growth Factor [[Beta].sub.1], and Interleukin 11 in the Osteolytic Lesions of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis