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Granulosa
A layer of cells in the theca of the graafian follicle.
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Granulomere
The centrally located, dark-blue-staining (azurophilic) region of a platelet. It contains glycogen, mitochondria, and electron dense tubules.
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Granuloma telangiectaticum
A very vascular granuloma at any site, but especially in the nasal mucosa or pharynx.
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Swimming pool granuloma
A chronic skin infection caused by Mycobacterium marinum.
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Lipophagic granuloma
A granuloma in which the macrophages have phagocytosed the surrounding fat cells.
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Lipoid granuloma
A granuloma that contains fatty tissue or cholesterol.
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Infectious granuloma
Any infectious disease in which granulomas are formed (e.g., tuberculosis or syphilis). Granulomas are also formed in mycoses and protozoan infections.
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Foreign body granuloma
Chronic inflammation around foreign bodies such as sutures, talc, splinters, or gravel.
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Granuloma fissuratum
A circumscribed, firm, fissured, fibrotic, benign tumor caused by chronic irritation. It may occur where hard objects such as dentures or the earpieces of glasses rub against the labioalveolar fold or the retroauricular fold. The tumor disappears when the irritating object is removed.
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Eosinophilic granuloma
A form of xanthomatosis accompanied by eosinophilia and the formation of cysts on bone.
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