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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>  
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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!   
!   
!  Histologic features
!  Histologic features
!  [[EM]] features
!  [[Electron microscopy|EM]] features
!  CD68
!  CD68
!  S-100
!  S-100
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|  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xanthogranulomatous_pyelonephritis_cd68.jpg Macrophages - CD68 (WC)]
|  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xanthogranulomatous_pyelonephritis_cd68.jpg Macrophages - CD68 (WC)]
|-
|-
|  Erdheim-Chester disease
|  [[Erdheim-Chester disease]]
|  [[Touton giant cells]]
|  [[Touton giant cells]]
|  -
|  -
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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==
{{Main|Langerhans cell histiocytosis}}
===IHC===
===IHC===
Langerin (CD207).<ref>URL: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/604862 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/604862]. Accessed on: 2 February 2011.</ref>
Langerin (CD207).<ref name=omim604862>{{OMIM|604862}}</ref>


==Erdheim-Chester disease==
==Erdheim-Chester disease==
*Abbreviated ''ECD''.
===General===
===General===
*Rare.
*Rare.
*Clonal proliferation of histiocytes; 3 of 5 cases shown monoclonal by Chetritt ''el al''.<ref name=pmid10492045>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Chetritt | first1 = J. | last2 = Paradis | first2 = V. | last3 = Dargere | first3 = D. | last4 = Adle-Biassette | first4 = H. | last5 = Maurage | first5 = CA. | last6 = Mussini | first6 = JM. | last7 = Vital | first7 = A. | last8 = Wechsler | first8 = J. | last9 = Bedossa | first9 = P. | title = Chester-Erdheim disease: a neoplastic disorder. | journal = Hum Pathol | volume = 30 | issue = 9 | pages = 1093-6 | month = Sep | year = 1999 | doi = 10.1016/s0046-8177(99)90228-9 | PMID = 10492045 }}</ref>


===Gross===
===Gross===
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*Bone involvement - classic.
*Bone involvement - classic.
*Usually multiple systems are involved.
*Usually multiple systems are involved.
Note:
*Does ''not'' usually involve the lymph nodes - like [[Rosai-Dorfman disease]].


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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*Foamy histocytes.
*Foamy histocytes.
**Large cells with gray, bubbly cytoplasm.
**Large cells with gray, bubbly cytoplasm.
*+/-Touton giant cells - very distinctive - '''classic'''.
*+/-Touton giant cells - very distinctive histiocytes - '''classic'''.
**Nuclei around cell periphery.
**Nuclei form a ring around the cell periphery.


DDx:
DDx:
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*[[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]].  
*[[Langerhans cell histiocytosis]].  


Images:
====Images====
<gallery>
Image: Maladie de Chester-Erdheim.png |EHC. (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[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)].


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*[[Neuropathology]].
*[[Neuropathology]].
*[[Hemophagocytic syndrome]].
*[[Hemophagocytic syndrome]].
*[[Histiocytic sarcoma]].


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|1}}
{{reflist|2}}


[[Category:Weird stuff]]
[[Category:Weird stuff]]