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histiocytosis [‚his·tē·ō‚sī′tō·səs] (medicine) Abnormal proliferation of histiocytes, especially in hematopoietic tissues. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Her niece, 7-year-old Yelea Bueno, was diagnosed in 2002 with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, a rare and often fatal disease that strikes one in a million, usually young kids. Hypercytokinemia in familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an uncommon syndrome characterized by a reactive, systemic proliferation of benign histiocytes throughout the reticuloendothelial system (1). |
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