VPP-0047
QUESTION
Langhan’s type giant cells are the characteristics in?
OPTIONS
(A) Clostridium infections
(B) Tuberculosis
(C) Botryomycosis
(D) All of the above
ANSWER
(B) Tuberculosis
EXPLANATION
Langhans giant cells are classically associated with granulomatous inflammation of tuberculosis, in which activated macrophages fuse to form multinucleated giant cells with peripheral nuclear arrangement. Clostridial infections and botryomycosis do not characteristically define their lesions by Langhans giant cells. Therefore, option B is correct.