granulomas

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Indefinite term applied to nodular inflammatory lesions, usually small or granular, firm, persistent, and containing compactly grouped mononuclear phagocytes
A collection of inflammatory cells
the sites of allergen persistence and focal productive inflammation in DTH Every granuloma is a group of chronically activated macrophages and their descends (epithelioid cells) plus attracted lymphocytes and other WBC Cellular content of granulomas is replenished mostly by recruiting, but also by non-neoplastic local cell proliferation This process is driven by cytokines
plural of granuloma