loading...| Preferred Name |
eosinophilic granuloma |
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| Definitions |
The most benign clinical form of Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis, langerhans-cell), which involves localized nodular lesions of the gastric mucosa, small intestine, bones, lungs, or skin, with infiltration by eosinophils. The proliferating cell that appears to be responsible for the clinical manifestations is the Langerhans cell. [MeSH] |
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| ID |
http://radlex.org/RID/RID3849 |
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| Comment |
former name was "histiocytosis X" |
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| Definition |
The most benign clinical form of Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis, langerhans-cell), which involves localized nodular lesions of the gastric mucosa, small intestine, bones, lungs, or skin, with infiltration by eosinophils. The proliferating cell that appears to be responsible for the clinical manifestations is the Langerhans cell. [MeSH] |
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RID3849 |
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| Preferred_name |
eosinophilic granuloma |
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| Preferred_name_German |
Eosinophiles Granulom |
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| prefixIRI |
RID3849 |
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| UMLS_ID |
C0014461 |
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