GIANT CELLS AND GIANT CELL LESIONS OF ORAL CAVITY

Multinucleated giant cells are morphologically characterized by the pres-ence of multiple nuclei dispersed in cytoplasm.Foreign body giant cells,Langhan’s giant cells, Touton giant cells, tumour giant cells, are varioustypes of giant cells apart from the miscellaneous types of giant cells such asAschoff cells of rheumatic nodule and Reed Sternberg cells of Hodgkin’slymphoma.Multinucleated cells are commonly encountered in oral andmaxillofacial lesions.