Histiocytic Disorders


Definition of Histiocyte


Classification of Histiocytic Disorders

Benign Disorders with Variable Biologic Behavior

Dendritic Cell-Related Disorders

  • Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) (see Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, [[Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis]])
  • Erdheim-Chester Disease (ECD)
  • Juvenile Xanthogranuloma (JXG)
  • Solitary Histiocytomas with Juvenile Xanthogranuloma Phenotype
  • Secondary Dendritic Cell Disorders

Macrophage-Related Disorders

Other

  • Rosai-Dorfman Disease (RD): sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy
  • Solitary Histiocytoma of Macrophage Phenotype

Malignant Disorders

  • Monocyte-Associated
    • Leukemias
      • Acute Monocytic Leukemia (M5A, M5B)
      • Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia (M4)
      • Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia
    • Extramedullary Monocytic Tumor or Sarcoma
  • Dendritic Cell-Related Histiocytic Sarcoma: localized or disseminated
  • Macrophage-Related Histiocytic Sarcoma: localized or disseminated

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