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gran·u·lo·ma

 (grăn′yə-lō′mə)
n. pl. gran·u·lo·mas or gran·u·lo·ma·ta (-mə-tə)
Any of various nodular masses of granulocytic monocytes and other immune cells, including macrophages and eosinophils, that aggregate in response to a chronic infection, such as tuberculosis, or other inflammatory process.

gran′u·lo′ma·tous (-mə-təs) adj.
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Adj.1.granulomatous - relating to or characterized by granulomas
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granulomatös
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gran·u·lom·a·tous

a. granulomatoso-a, que tiene las características de un granuloma;
___ colitiscolitis ___;
___ encephalomyelitisencefalomielitis ___;
___ enteritisenteritis ___;
___ inflammationinflamación ___.
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The histopathological diagnoses made on pleural biopsy in this study were divided into four categories: granulomatous inflammation (necrotising, non-necrotising and undefined granulomatous inflammation), malignancy, nonspecific pleuritis and suppurative pleuritis.
Also, Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining was used in cases where diagnosis of granulomatous disease was made to detect acid fast bacilli (AFB).
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is the most common of the primary immunodeficiency in children.
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Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a heterogenous genetic primary immune deficiency disorder originating from the defects in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase system, and characterized by life-threatening infections, and granulomas secondary to increased inflammatory responses (1).
Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic granulomatous disease with a peak onset between the ages of 20 and 40 years.

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