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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) was named in 1868 after Paul Langerhans, who discovered abnormally high levels of white blood cells in bone marrow.
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Treatment
This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive, peer-reviewed, evidence-based information about the treatment of childhood and adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Langerhans cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease involving clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells, abnormal cells deriving from bone marrow and capable of migrating from skin to lymph nodes.
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis LCH. A group of rare disorders in which too many Langerhans cells (a type of white blood cell) grow in certain tissues and organs including the bones, skin, and lungs, and damage them.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis, which is also called histiocytosis X
Malignant histiocytosis syndrome (now known as T-cell lymphoma)
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (also known as hemophagocytic syndrome) ...
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis; Left Heart Catheterization; Left Hypochondrium; Light-harvesting Complex; Local Health Council
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis most often strikes young children and causes damage to tissues throughout the body.
Latex Allergy in Children ...
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (Histiocytosis)
Language disorder - children
Language disorder - expressive (Expressive language disorder - developmental)
Lanolin poisoning
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Language disorder - expressive
Larva migrans visceralis
Laryngeal cancer
Laryngeal nerve damage
Laryngitis
Laryngotracheobronchitis - acute
Late persistent Lyme disease
Late syphilis
Lateral epicondylitis ...
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis ... skin rash, rash
Lassa fever ... maculopapular rash, rash
Latex allergies ... skin rash, hives
Latex catheters induced allergies ... skin rash, hives
Lepidopterism ... skin rash
Leprosy ...
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis see Histiocytosis
Larsen syndrome
Laryngeal Dystonia see Dystonia
Late Onset Tay Sachs disease see Tay Sachs disease
Laurence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome see Bardet-Biedl syndrome ...
Histiocytosis X: Now called Langerhans cell histiocytosis. This disease is subclassified into eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer Siwe disease, and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease.
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Histiocytosis: A disease in which histiocytes are the principal cells involved. Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a neoplastic proliferation of histiocytes that involves the skin, bone, brain and other organs.
Common and opportunistic infections, lymphopenia, lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, skin lesions resembling those of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in some patients
Hyper-IgE syndrome
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a type of white blood cell that acts as a scavenger to remove foreign material from the blood and tissues. Research that demonstrated Langerhans cell involvement as well as histiocytes led to a proposal that the term Langerhans cell histiocytosis ...
 See also: Histiocytosis, Cancer, Symptom, Granuloma, Diabetes
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