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fetal histiocytoses
Tuesday 1 May 2007
The histiocytoses are a group of disorders of the monophagocytic system having a variety of clinical and pathological findings. They occur less often during the perinatal period than later in life.
Types
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH)
- disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis (disseminated LCH)
hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytoses (HLH)
congenital juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG)
References
Isaacs H Jr. Fetal and neonatal histiocytoses. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Aug;47(2):123-9. PMID: 16416419