Differential Diagnoses of Systemic Mastocytosis in Routinely Processed Bone Marrow Biopsy Specimens: A Review [PDF]
, 2010 Diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis (SM) is mainly based on the morphological demonstration of compact mast cell infiltrates in various tissue sites. In almost all patients such infiltrates are detected in the bone marrow.
Horny, H. -P., Sotlar, K., Valent, P.
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Histiocytes: Multifaceted Regulators of Health and Disease
Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.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]
, 2012 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 ...
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Histiocytosis in Nigerian children: A report of two variants
Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, 2021 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.
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Rosai Dorfman Disease: A Rare Cause of Cervical Lymphadenopathy [PDF]
National Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2018 Rosai Dorfman disease, a sinus histiocytosis, is rare to find and difficult to diagnose. It may masquerade as commoner diseases including infections and malignancies.
Sreenath Sreenivasan +4 more
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis: current concepts in dentistry and case report [PDF]
, 2016 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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Primary intraosseous manifestation of Rosai-Dorfman disease: 2 cases and review of literature
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2014 Rosai-Dorman disease (RDD) is a rare disorder of proliferative histiocytes with an unknown etiology. It is also known as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy. Most patients present with painless cervical lymphadenopathy due to accumulation of
H M Duijsens +4 more
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Revisiting Rosai Dorfman disease: A rare histiocytic disorder with nodal and extranodal involvement
South African Journal of Radiology, 2023 Rosai Dorfman disease is a rare but benign and self-limiting disorder. A case of Rosai Dorfman disease in a 16-year-old female with classic radiological and pathological findings is presented.
Smily Sharma +3 more
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Neurosurgical interventions for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a single institution experience [PDF]
, 2013 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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Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2012 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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