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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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Among the latter are Wegener's granulomatosis, cholesteatoma, lymphoma, and histiocytosis X. A few cases of congenital/developmental anomalies or disorders were reported by mothers with TCDD levels > 100 ppt, including sleep apnea (n = 1), pyloric stenosis (n = 1), von Recklinhausen's disease (n = 1), syndactaly (n = 1), histiocytosis (n = 1), ventricular tachycardia (n = 1), hypoplasia of the cord (n = 1), and thallassemia minor (n = 2). Patients with infection-associated HLH usually have persistent unexplained fever, cytopenia, lymphadenopathy, and, frequently, hepatosplenomegaly and coagulopathy, causing diagnostic difficulties with malignant histiocytosis or T-cell lymphoma (2). |
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