Non-X histiocytoses are a clinically well-defined group of cutaneous syndromes characterized by infiltrates of monocytes/macrophages, as opposed to X-type histiocytoses in which the infiltrates contain Langerhans cells.[1]: 714 Conditions included in this group are:[1]: 714–20
- Juvenile xanthogranuloma
- Benign cephalic histiocytosis
- Generalized eruptive histiocytoma
- Xanthoma disseminatum
- Progressive nodular histiocytosis
- Papular xanthoma
- Hereditary progressive mucinous histiocytosis
- Reticulohistiocytosis
- Indeterminate cell histiocytosis
- Sea-blue histiocytosis
- Erdheim–Chester disease
| Non-X histiocytosis | |
|---|---|
| Specialty | Dermatology |
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edit- ^ a b James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.
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