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- Overview
A granuloma is a small clump of dead cells that form when the immune system tries to fight off a harmful substance but cannot remove it from the body.
A necrotizing granuloma refers to an area of inflammation in which tissue has died. Necrotizing means dying or decaying. See:
Tuberculosis and Wegener’s granulomatosis are conditions that cause necrotizing granulomas.
Alternative Names
Granuloma
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Review Date: 08/10/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
