HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS
\hˌiːməfˌaɡəsˈɪtɪk lˌɪmfə͡ʊhˌɪstɪˌɒsɪtˈə͡ʊsɪs], \hˌiːməfˌaɡəsˈɪtɪk lˌɪmfəʊhˌɪstɪˌɒsɪtˈəʊsɪs], \h_ˌiː_m_ə_f_ˌa_ɡ_ə_s_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_k l_ˌɪ_m_f_əʊ_h_ˌɪ_s_t_ɪ__ˌɒ_s_ɪ_t_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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Group of disorders which feature accumulations of active histiocytes and lymphocytes, but where the histiocytes are not Langerhans cells. The group includes hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome, sinus histiocytosis, xanthogranuloma, reticulohistiocytoma, juvenile xanthoma, xanthoma disseminatum, as well as the lipid storage diseases (sea-blue histiocyte syndrome and Niemann-Pick disease).
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Nearby Words
- hemopexin
- hemopexis
- hemophagocyte
- hemophagocytes
- hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytoses
- Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
- hemophagocytic syndrome, infection associated
- hemophil
- hemophil, hemophile
- hemophile
- hemophilia