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cutaneous histiocytic infiltration
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Cutaneous histiocytic proliferations
The histiocytic proliferations in the skin include :
proliferations of monocytes (acute monocytic leukemia),
proliferations of tissue macrophages or histiocytes (histiocytic sarcoma and its disseminated form, malignant histiocytosis; familial histiocytoses; and multicentric reticulohistiocytosis),
proliferations of Langerhans’ cells (histiocytosis X),
proliferations of as yet undefined cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system (sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy).
Examples
cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis
References
Cutaneous histiocytic proliferations
P van der Valk, C J Meijer
PMID: 3916176