Histiocytosis is considered a rare disease but doctors at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Cancer Center and Hematology Service would argue the accuracy of that label. They are seeing ...

Robin Bankins says the first time she spoke with MSK’s Dr. Eli Diamond about treating her histiocytosis, she trusted him right away. Based a clinical trial conducted at MSK, the FDA has approved the ...

Positron-emission tomographic (PET) images show a single bone lesion involving the humerus (Panel A, arrow); low-risk lesions involving the orbit, lymph nodes, bone (multifocal lesion), and thymus ...

Four patients presented with acute leukemia of ambiguous or myeloid lineage in association with Langerhans cell histiocytosis and provide evidence suggesting a common origin of the two neoplasms. One ...

A nationwide team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh has proposed a major revision to how Langerhans cell ...

The first time Joey Carlsen Martinez came to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), he was in terrible shape. He had a rare blood cancer called Erdheim-Chester disease, and his symptoms ...

Fifty-four patients from 12 countries took VMF 20 mg/kg/d. They were classified according to risk organ involvement: liver, spleen, and/or blood cytopenia. The main evaluation criteria were adverse ...

Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis is an uncommon interstitial lung disease in adults. It has an unpredictable course and may be associated with an increased susceptibility to the development of ...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease of unknown etiology caused by clonal proliferation and infiltration of various organs by bone marrow–derived dendritic cells in the lymph nodes, ...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare condition characterized by abnormal growth of the Langerhans cells. The proliferation of these cells leads to the formation of tumors called granulomas, ...

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