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====Strict pathologic definition==== | ====Strict pathologic definition==== | ||
Robbins definition: | Robbins definition: | ||
*Chronic inflammatory reaction characterized by the focal accumulation of activated macrophages, often with an epithelioid appearance.<ref>PBoD | *Chronic inflammatory reaction characterized by the focal accumulation of activated macrophages, often with an epithelioid appearance.<ref name=Ref_PBoD82>{{Ref PBoD|82}}</ref> | ||
**"Epithelioid" cells = cells whose morphology resembles that of epithelial cells; the cells appear to adhere to one another. | **"Epithelioid" cells = cells whose morphology resembles that of epithelial cells; the cells appear to adhere to one another. | ||
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