See Also: Hand-Schuller-Christian disease(medicine)
Hand-Schuller-Christian(dictionary)
hand-schueller-christian disease(medicine)
Schuller-Christian(dictionary)
Schuller's disease(medicine)
hand-schueller-christian syndrome(medicine)
Christian's disease(medicine)
Weber-Christian disease(medicine)
Disease, hand-foot-and-mouth(health)
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease(health)

Hand-Schuller-Christian disease (medicine)


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histiocytosis


A condition marked by the abnormal appearance of histiocytes (macrophages) in the blood. Lipid h., Niemann-Pick disease. Sinus h., a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended sinuses are completely or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. H. X, a generic term embracing eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and indicating a shared common origin for the three entities.