Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Other namesHistiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell [1]
SpecialtyHematology

Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis refers to a family of histiocytosis characterized by the absence of Langerhans cells.[2]

Many manifest cutaneously.[3]

The spectrum of non-langerhans cell histiocytoses include:

References

  1. "Non-Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis". NIH. The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD). Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  2. Weitzman S, Jaffe R (September 2005). "Uncommon histiocytic disorders: the non-Langerhans cell histiocytoses". Pediatr Blood Cancer. 45 (3): 256–64. doi:10.1002/pbc.20246. PMID 15547923. S2CID 25621667.
  3. Philip T. Cagle; Timothy C. Allen; Roberto Barrios (1 December 2007). Color atlas and text of pulmonary pathology. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-0-7817-8208-1. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  4. Rao RN, Chang CC, Uysal N, Presberg K, Shidham VB, Tomashefski JF (February 2005). "Fulminant multisystem non-langerhans cell histiocytic proliferation with hemophagocytosis: a variant form of Erdheim-Chester disease". Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 129 (2): e39–43. doi:10.5858/2005-129-e39-FMNCHP. PMID 15679446.


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