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There are in leprosy at least three situations in which Langhans' giant cell comes into consideration.
I. In Tuberculosis Complications in the skin, lymphnode, etc., in nodular leprosy.
II. Giant cells in Skin and Nerves, which come out especially in the active stage of the macular type.
III. Langhans' Giant cell in skin and epididymis, in nodular Leprosy.
Author made this time a thorough study of Giant cell in the third cathegory and especially of the star-body in them, which is staind by elastica- or Bilschowsky-staining. This article is to be puplished in english on the International Leprosy Journal.
Explanation of Figure
A. Left: one star-body with five needle-like processes. Right: black point; the earlier stage of the star-body developement.
B. Insect-like star-body in a giant cell.
C. Fully developed star-body in a giant cell, which almost fills the central portion of the protoplasma.
D. A star-body with straight pointed processes, in a giant cell. A. B. C. D are all from the upper blood-vessel network in corium.
E. Three star-bodies in one giant cell in epididymis.

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