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Erdheim-chester disease
(Granulomatosis, Lipid)
A rare form of non-Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis, non-langerhans-cell) with onset in middle age. The systemic disease is characterized by infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages, multinucleated giant cells, an inflammatory infiltrate of lymphocytes and histiocytes in the bone marrow, and a generalized sclerosis of the long bones.
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Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Indeterminate cell histiocytosis, Periostitis, Sea-blue histiocytosis, Benign cephalic histiocytosis, ECD (gene)Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis, X-type histiocytosis, Progressive nodular histiocytosis, Hereditary progressive mucinous histiocytosis,
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