Ref : 018748-58 - © Pr J.L. KEMENY - ISM Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis (De Quervain’s thyroiditis). Histological section of the thyroid gland showing a granuloma with many giant cells, lymphocytes and plasma cells, HES stain, x 400 (at 24x36 mm).
A macrophagic giant cell is a histiocytic cell become giant after having resorbed the colloid. |