title: Pulmonary Langerhans' cell granulomatosis (histiocytosis X).
abstract: Pulmonary Langerhans' cell granulomatosis is usually classified among the lung diseases of unknown origin. Better appreciation of the characteristic clinical features of this disease, more detailed description of the pathologic lesions, and recent advances in the basic biology of Langerhans' cells have provided new insights into the pathogenesis of this process.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U82, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kambouchner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valeyre
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hance
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000473:pathology