Giant cell lesions of the oral cavity

• Main Authors: Sreeja Chellaswamy (Author), Pavithra Manohar (Author), Beeula Rajakumari (Author), Sathish Muthukumar Ramalingam (Author), Vijayashree Ragavan (Author), Nachiammai Nachiappan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Giant cells are formed by the union of several monocytes or macrophages which undergo a defined set of intercellular interactions that ultimately results in a multinucleated cell with a single cytoplasmic compartment. Giant cells are not only pathologic, there are even physiologic giant cells such a...