X-type histiocytosis

X-type histiocytoses are a clinically well-defined group of cutaneous syndromes characterized by infiltrates of Langerhans cells, as opposed to Non-X histiocytosis in which the infiltrates contain monocytes/macrophages.^[1]^:720 Conditions included in this group are:^[1]^:720-4

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1 2 James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.

Histiocytosis (D76.0, 277.89)

WHO-I/Langerhans cell histiocytosis/ X-type histiocytosis	Letterer–Siwe disease Hand–Schüller–Christian disease Eosinophilic granuloma Congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis

WHO-II/non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis/ Non-X histiocytosis	Juvenile xanthogranuloma Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Erdheim-Chester disease Niemann-Pick disease Sea-blue histiocyte Benign cephalic histiocytosis Generalized eruptive histiocytoma Xanthoma disseminatum Progressive nodular histiocytosis Papular xanthoma Hereditary progressive mucinous histiocytosis Reticulohistiocytosis (Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis, Reticulohistiocytoma) Indeterminate cell histiocytosis

WHO-III/malignant histiocytosis	Histiocytic sarcoma Langerhans cell sarcoma Interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma

Ungrouped	Rosai–Dorfman disease

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X-type histiocytosis

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