Histiocytes: Multifaceted Regulators of Health and Disease
ABSTRACT The mononuclear phagocyte system encompasses macrophages, dendritic cells (DCs), and monocytes. Tissue‐resident macrophages and dendritic cells arise during embryogenesis and are replenished either through self‐renewal or by monocytes during inflammation.
Erika J. Gruber
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Post-Partum Pituitary Insufficiency and Livedo Reticularis Presenting a Diagnostic Challenge in a Resource Limited Setting in Tanzania: A Case Report, Clinical Discussion and Brief Review of Existing Literature. [PDF]
Pituitary disorders following pregnancy are an important yet under reported clinical entity in the developing world. Conversely, post partum panhypopituitarism has a more devastating impact on women in such settings due to high fertility rates, poor ...
A Cénac +27 more
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Tissue‐Resident Myeloid and Histiocytic Cells in Health and Disease: Novel Emerging Concepts
ABSTRACT Although all myeloid cells are considered to derive from hematopoietic stem cells, the cells in each myeloid lineage are heterogeneous populations, and their distribution and functions vary, depending on underlying physiologic and pathologic processes, age, sex, and genetic and epigenetic signatures.
Peter Valent +27 more
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Histiocytosis in Nigerian children: A report of two variants
Histiocytoses are a rare group of proliferative disorders with very similar clinical and histological pictures. We present a case report of two variants seen in an eight month old female and five month old male in a tertiary hospital in southern Nigeria.
Udo E +3 more
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis: current concepts in dentistry and case report [PDF]
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), which is a rare granulomatous pediatric disease of unknown etiology, is characterized by the idiopathic proliferation and accumulation of abnormal and clonal Langerhans cells or their ...
Alejo-Gonzalez, Francisco +4 more
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Neurosurgical interventions for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a single institution experience [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a frequent head and neck cancer in southern China and Southeast Asia. The majority of NPC patients are managed by radiation oncologists, medical oncologists and head and neck surgeons. Actually, neurosurgical
Chao Ke +11 more
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Rosai–Dorfman Disease, Presenting as a Mass in the Trachea: A Case Report
We present a rare case of Rosai–Dorfman disease (RDD) confined solely to the trachea. After initial bronchoscopic resection, systemic corticosteroid therapy was initiated due to lesion progression, successfully stabilizing the disease for 4 years. ABSTRACT A 45‐year‐old woman was referred to our clinic for evaluation of a 17 mm tracheal mass detected ...
Taeho Youn +3 more
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Granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) of the oral cavity: Report of a case and literature review [PDF]
SummaryA case of granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) of the palatal mucosa is reported. Granulocytic sarcomas are composed of a localized collection of immature myeloid cells and are considered to be specific lesions of AML or the onset of a blast crisis in ...
M.J. Koudstaal +55 more
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Sinus histiocytosis is a rare inflammatory disease mainly affecting the cervical lymph nodes, presenting with skin lesions in 10% of cases. Our patient had a solitary nodule on the trunk without any other clinical signs.
Emilia Duarte-Williamson +2 more
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Pulsatile tinnitus —a review of 84 patients [PDF]
Pulsatile tinnitus can be annoying for a patient and can also be the only clue to a potentially devastating and life-threatening disease. In order to understand its clinical spectrum and management better we analysed the files of 84 patients seen at our ...
Mattle, Heinrich +3 more
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