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    Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is an abnormal clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells, abnormal cells deriving from bone marrow and capable of migrating...
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    in association with the condition Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). In skin infections, the local Langerhans cells take up and process microbial antigens...
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    multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis, previously known as Hand–Schüller–Christian disease, is a type of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), which...
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  • lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) or Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH). The spectrum of non-langerhans cell histiocytoses include: Benign cephalic histiocytosis Generalized...
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  • classification of histiocytosis syndromes?". Medscape. Retrieved 4 December 2020. Chang KL, Snyder DS (2007). "17. Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis". In Ansell...
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    of white blood cells called histiocytes, or tissue macrophages (technically, this disease is termed a non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis). It was declared...
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    of these cells. They include the following: Reactive diseases of Langerhans cells Histiocytomas Cutaneous histiocytosis Systemic histiocytosis Reactive...
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  • histiocytoma are best characterized as Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) similar to that observed in humans. Systemic Histiocytosis (SH) was originally recognized...
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    dendritic cell neoplasms Histiocytic sarcoma Langerhans cell histiocytosis, NOS Langerhans cell histiocytosis, monostotic Langerhans cell histiocytosis, polystotic...
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    rheumatoid nodules). Some sources consider Langerhans cell derivatives to be histiocytes. The Langerhans cell histiocytosis embeds this interpretation into its...
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    Langerhans cell sarcoma (LCS) is a rare form of malignant histiocytosis. It should not be confused with Langerhans cell histiocytosis, which is cytologically...
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    diseases, such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Langerhans cell sarcoma, lymphoma, sarcoidosis, IgG4-related disease...
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  • melanoma, hairy cell leukemia, papillary thyroid carcinoma, colorectal cancer, non-small-cell lung cancer, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Erdheim–Chester...
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    tuberculosis, silicosis/pneumoconiosis, ankylosing spondylitis, Langerhans cell histiocytosis) lower (e.g., cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, connective tissue...
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    Alveolar microlithiasis Cystic airspaces Chronic: Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis Honeycomb lung caused by...
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  • have characteristics from both non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (NLCH) and Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) in terms of morphology and immunophenotypic...
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  • myeloma Waldenström's macroglobulinemia Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) Lymphocyte-variant hypereosinophilia Pityriasis lichenoides...
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    Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a form of histiocytosis, classified as non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis. It is a rare skin disorder that primarily affects...
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    Basal-cell carcinoma (BCC), also known as basal-cell cancer, basalioma or rodent ulcer, is the most common type of skin cancer. It often appears as a painless...
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    necks, backs, ankles and wrists. Bumps are caused by the clustering of T cells below the skin. These papules start as very small, pimple looking bumps...
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    indicative of acrokeratosis paraneoplastica, which is associated with squamous-cell carcinoma of the larynx. Paronychia can occur with diabetes, drug-induced...
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  • characterized by abnormal proliferation of Langerhans cells (LCs). LCs are antigen-presenting cells derived from dendritic cells. In humans, eosinophilic granulomas...
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    regulating the RAS-mediated cell growth signaling pathway. In contrast to schwannomas, another type of tumor arising from Schwann cells, neurofibromas incorporate...
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    A (IgA) antibodies; IgG antibodies persist for life and confer immunity. Cell-mediated immune responses are also important in limiting the scope and the...
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    factors can disrupt redox reactions necessary for protein folding, so skin cells may initiate the unfolded protein response which releases cytokines, thus...
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    Henderson-Patterson bodies) in the epidermis, above the stratum basale, which consist of cells with abundant large granular eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusion bodies (accumulated...
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    but a biopsy may be required. Other bumps such as granular cell tumor, melanoma, clear cell acanthoma and dermatofibrosis lenticularis disseminata may...
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    diagnosis is usually based on the presenting signs and symptoms, while a cell culture is rarely possible. Before making a diagnosis, more serious infections...
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    syndrome or granuloma fungoides, is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. It generally affects the skin, but may progress internally over...
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  • Thumbnail for Letterer–Siwe disease
    In general, the cause of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis is unknown. Regardless of the subtype of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, the pathologic hallmark...
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