Necrotizing granuloma

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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: Necrotic

Tuberculosis and Wegener’s granulomatosis are conditions that cause necrotizing granulomas.

Granuloma

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).

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