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Descriptor English: Histiocytosis
Descriptor Spanish: Histiocitosis
Descriptor hisitiocitosis
Scope note: Término genérico que se utiliza para la aparición anormal de histiocitos en la sangre. Basado en las características patológicas de las células observadas más que en los hallazgos clínicos, esta enfermedad se subdivide en tres grupos: HISTIOCITOSIS DE CÉLULAS DE LANGERHANS; HISTIOCITOSIS DE CÉLULAS NO LANGERHANS; y TRASTORNOS HISTIOCÍTICOS MALIGNOS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Histiocitose
Descriptor French: Histiocytose
Entry term(s): Histiocytoses
Tree number(s): C15.604.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015614
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with HISTIOCYTOSIS X see HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
DeCS ID: 24713
Unique ID: D015614
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/06/20
Revision Date: 2009/07/14
Histiocytosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0023956
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Histiocytosis
Entry term(s) Histiocytoses



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