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'''Histiocytoses''', singular '''histiocytosis''', are a rare set of conditions affecting tissue macrophages.
'''Histiocytoses''', singular '''histiocytosis''', are a rare set of conditions affecting tissue macrophages.


==Histiocytoses in a table==
==Historical classification of histiocytoses in a table==
Features of histiocytoses:<ref>{{Ref Sternberg4|479}}</ref>  
Features of histiocytoses:<ref>{{Ref Sternberg4|479}}</ref>  
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Notes:
Notes:
*''EM'' = [[electron microscopy]].
*''EM'' = [[electron microscopy]].
The classification has evolved considerably, as the entities can overlap.  An overview of a more recent classification is found in the article ''[[classification of histiocytoses and neoplasms of the macrophage-dendritic cell lineages]]''.


==Langerhans cell histiocytosis==
==Langerhans cell histiocytosis==
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*[[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]].  
*[[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]].  


Images:
====Images====
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Image: Maladie de Chester-Erdheim.png |EHC. (WC)
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*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770491/figure/f1/ ECD (nih.gov)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770491/figure/f1/ ECD (nih.gov)].