A 33-year-old Italian woman with a past history of seizure disorder who had been taking phenytoin for 1 year, presented to our hospital because she experienced intermittent fevers for 3 weeks. The ...

When Robin’s airway accumulated so many histiocytes that she had trouble breathing, she was told she needed an operation that would require a tracheotomy tube for at least a month afterward. The ...

In a specimen taken 1 day after clip placement, no histiocytic reaction was seen ().Three weeks after HSDC placement, histiocytes formed a lining of one layer around the clip site ().The content ...

The histiocytes lacked epithelioid transformation and giant cells were not present at the edge of the necrosis although they were present in adjacent airspaces as cholesterol-laden multinucleated ...

Eosinophilic granuloma is a rare condition where a benign growth can appear on the bone. Learn more about causes, symptoms, and treatment for this condition.

Background: Current pathologic grading systems do not reliably predict outcome in patients with leiomyosarcoma (LMS). High numbers of tumor associated histiocytes (TAH) have been associated with poor ...

Histiocytes are attached to the cells. Histiocytes are also called dendritic cells, depending on their appearance. Macrophages under the skin are called Langerhans cells. Macrophages are present in ...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease, or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a relatively new disease entity seen in the U.S. that primarily affects young women. By 1993 approximately 200 cases had been ...