Multinucleate giant cells in the regressed corpus luteum of the bitch.
The pigmented cell clusters which make up the residual luteal tissue in the canine ovary were found to be mostly syncytial in nature and to resemble the foreign-body and Langhan's-type giant cells of chronic inflammation.
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Veterinary Anatomy Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland.
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D003341:Luteolysis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron