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histiocytosis

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his·ti·o·cy·to·sis  (hst-s-tss)
n. pl. his·ti·o·cy·to·ses (-sz)
Any of several abnormal conditions characterized by the appearance of histiocytes in the blood or tissues.
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Noun1.histiocytosis - a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages
blood disease, blood disorder - a disease or disorder of the blood
Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Schuller-Christian disease - inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus


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Among the latter are Wegener's granulomatosis, cholesteatoma, lymphoma, and histiocytosis X.
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Patients with infection-associated HLH usually have persistent unexplained fever, cytopenia, lymphadenopathy, and, frequently, hepatosplenomegaly and coagulopathy, causing diagnostic difficulties with malignant histiocytosis or T-cell lymphoma (2).
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