title: Giant cells in lesions of the oral region.
abstract: Multinucleated giant cells form by several different mechanisms in a variety of disease processes. They play a role in the host immune response to chronic infections, react to foreign materials and are an integral part of a number of bone disorders. A selection of lesions of the oral regions that contain giant cells will be presented.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rich
mesh_terms: D015726:Giant Cells; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000276:immunology*