See Also: Giant cell(medicine)
Giant cell arteritis(medicine)
giant cell tumour(medicine)
giant cell fibroma(medicine)
giant cell tumours(medicine)
giant cell epulis(medicine)
giant cell carcinoma(medicine)
giant cell astrocytoma(medicine)
giant cell aortitis(medicine)
carcinoma, giant cell(medicine)

giant cell hepatitis (medicine) and air splint (medicine)


giant cell hepatitis (medicine)


giant cell hepatitis -->
neonatal hepatitis
Hepatitis in the neonatal period presumed to be due to a variety of causes, chiefly viral; characterised by direct and indirect bilirubinaemia, hepatocellular degeneration, and appearance of multinucleated giant cells; may be difficult to distinguish from biliary atresia, but is more likely to end with recovery, although cirrhosis may develop.

Synonym: giant cell hepatitis.


air splint (medicine)


air splint


A plastic splint inflated by air used to immobilise part or all of an extremity.

Synonym: inflatable splint.