Full Definition of PERSECUTE. transitive verb. 1. : to harass or punish in a manner designed to injure, grieve, or afflict; specifically: to cause to suffer because of belief.
Note the presence of giant cells. The granulomatous lesions in this disorder are typically non-caseating. This is in constrast to TB granuloma which causes casating granuloma (slides with TB granuloma is uncommon in MRCOphth). A TB granuloma showing central necrosis (caseating granuloma) and the presence of giant cells.n addition, the macrophages may fuse together to form multinucleate giant cells (different types of inciting materials may produce different giant cells). Granulomatous lesion typically occurs when the usual acute inflammatory reaction involving neutrophils could not remove the inciting agent.
In radiology, a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) or coin lesion is a mass in the lung smaller than 3 centimeters in diameter.It can be an incidental finding found in up to 0.2% of chest X-rays and around 1% of CT scans.he nodule most commonly represents a benign tumor such as a granuloma or hamartoma, but in around 20% of cases it represents a malignant cancer, especially in older adults and smokers. Conversely, 10 to 20% of patients with lung cancer are diagnosed in this way.