title: [Historical reference: giant multinuclear cells in tubercular granuloma].
abstract: By studying the background materials, the authors have analyzed N. I. Pirogov's works on the pathological anatomy of tuberculosis. They show the fallacy of the widespread statement on N. I. Pirogov's priority in describing one of the characteristic cell elements of tuberculous granulation tissue, namely multinuclear giant cells referred in the Russian literature to as Pirogov-Langhans cells.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Litvinov
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ariél'
mesh_terms: D015726:Giant Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000266:history* / Q000382:microbiology*