Mesh term Histiocytosis
Browse to parent terms:Lymphatic Diseases
Description
General term for the abnormal appearance of histiocytes in the blood. Based on the pathological features of the cells involved rather than on clinical findings, the histiocytic diseases are subdivided into three groups: HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS CELL; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; and HISTIOCYTIC DISORDERS, MALIGNANT.Browse to child terms:
Histiocytic Disorders, Malignant
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell
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