Letterer-Siwe disease

Letterer-Siwe Disease - Histiocytosis
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
Symptoms & Signs
Diagnosis & Tests
Prevention & Expectations
Treatment & Monitoring
Attribution ...

Alternate Names : Pulmonary Histiocytosis X, Histiocytosis X, Eosinophilic Granuloma, Nonlipid Reticuloendotheliosis, Langerhans Histiocytoses, Letterer-Siwe Disease, Hand-Schuller-Christian Disease, Pulmonary Langerhans' Granulomatosis ...

Alternate Names : Histiocytosis X, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Eosinophilic granuloma, Pulmonary histiocytosis X, Nonlipid reticuloendotheliosis, Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Letterer-Siwe disease ...

Letterer-Siwe Disease
A form of Histiocytosis-X
Leukocyte
White blood cell.

Letterer-Siwe disease
Histiocytosis X, unspecified
Eosinophilic granulomatosis
Langerhans cell granulomatosis
Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Hashimoto-Pritzker type
Langerhans cell histiocytosis of lung ...

Letterer-Siwe disease: the most severe form of LCH.
Diagnosis & Staging

A diagnosis is based on the patientís medical health and a physical examination and typically a biopsy, which would indicate Langerhansí cells in most cases.

Letterer-Siwe disease is the most severe form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Last Editorial Review: 7/29/2002
Search All of MedicineNet For:
Privacy Policy ...

Abt-Letterer-Siwe Disease (5 images)
Acanthoma Fissuratum (4 images)
Acanthosis Nigricans Benigna (7 images)
Acanthosis Nigricans Maligna (8 images)
Acarodermatitis (0 images)
Accessory Nipple (2 images)
Acne Aestivalis (1 images) ...

Letterer-Siwe Disease
Leucovorin - Medication
leucovorin (oral) - Medication
Leukemia
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, The - Support Group
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, The - Cancer - Support Group
Leukemia, Busulfan for - Medication ...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis is the terminology currently preferred over histiocytosis X, eosinophilic granuloma, Abt-Letterer-Siwe disease, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, or diffuse reticuloendotheliosis.

Dobutamine, (-)-Isomer, EN-141, Endocrine Gland Neoplasm, Gametogeneses, Gestural Tic, Hexamine Silver, HSV-1, Intramolecular Oxidoreductases, Jealousies, L alpha Glycerylphosphorylcholine, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, Letterer-Siwe Disease, ...

Histiocytosis-X
Eosinophilic Granuloma
Hand-Schuller Christian Syndrome
Letterer-Siwe Disease ...

Letterer-Siwe Disease
Leukemia
Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous
Leukemia, Hairy Cell
Leukemia, Radiation Therapy for
Leukemic Reticuloendotheliosis
Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency Syndromes ...

Histiocytosis X; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Eosinophilic granuloma; Pulmonary histiocytosis X; Nonlipid reticuloendotheliosis; Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis; Hand-Schuller-Christian disease; Letterer-Siwe disease
Causes ...

Loss of appetite, irritability, failure to thrive, and respiratory symptoms may occur. Because of their appearance, these children may be misdiagnosed as abused. Letterer-Siwe disease is the most severe form of Langerhan's cell histiocytosis.

See also: Histiocytosis, Granuloma, Cancer, Deficiency, Lymphoma