"Epithelioid Cells" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Characteristic cells of granulomatous hypersensitivity. They appear as large, flattened cells with increased endoplasmic reticulum. They are believed to be activated macrophages that have differentiated as a result of prolonged antigenic stimulation. Further differentiation or fusion of epithelioid cells is thought to produce multinucleated giant cells (GIANT CELLS).
| Descriptor ID |
D015622
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.329.372.300 A11.627.482.300 A11.733.397.300 A15.382.680.397.300 A15.382.812.522.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Epithelioid Cells- Epithelioid Cells
- Cell, Epithelioid
- Cells, Epithelioid
- Epithelioid Cell
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epithelioid Cells" by people in Profiles.
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Cytohistologic Diagnosis of Rosette-Forming Epithelioid Osteosarcoma. Diagn Cytopathol. 2026 Mar; 54(3):E63-E66.
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Epithelioid Trophoblastic Tumor Presenting as an Adnexal Mass: Report of a Diagnostically Challenging Case. Int J Surg Pathol. 2023 Aug; 31(5):651-655.
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DNA damage response proteins and its role in tumor progression of uveal melanoma with patient outcome. Clin Transl Oncol. 2020 Sep; 22(9):1472-1480.
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Five-Year-Old Boy With Behavioral Changes and Papilledema. J Neuroophthalmol. 2018 03; 38(1):75-80.
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Significance of the epithelioid granuloma in biopsies of Crohn's colitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014 Dec; 20(12):2271-5.
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MUC4 is a sensitive and extremely useful marker for sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma: association with FUS gene rearrangement. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Oct; 36(10):1444-51.
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FUS rearrangements are rare in 'pure' sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma. Mod Pathol. 2012 Jun; 25(6):846-53.
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Epithelioid sarcoma and unclassified sarcoma with epithelioid features: clinicopathological variables, molecular markers, and a new experimental model. Oncologist. 2011; 16(4):512-22.
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Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma: An aggressive intra-abdominal variant of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor with nuclear membrane or perinuclear ALK. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jan; 35(1):135-44.
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Unusual presentation of multiple epithelioid cell histiocytomas. Am J Dermatopathol. 2008 Aug; 30(4):373-6.