Cardiothoracic manifestations of primary histiocytoses.
The objectives of this article were: (1) to review common and rare manifestations of systemic and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Rosai-Dorfman disease, Erdheim-Chester disease and juvenile xanthogranuloma; (2) to provide the reader with important pathologic, epidemiologic and clinical features of these diseases. The histiocytoses are a diverse group of diseases which typically manifest with multiorgan involvement. Understanding the pathologic, epidemiologic and clinical features of these entities can help the radiologist suggest an accurate diagnosis of histiocytosis when typical imaging features are encountered.
1 Department of Radiology, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Daniel
D
Vargas
6 Department of Radiology, National Jewish Health. Denver, CO, USA.
J Caleb
JC
Richards
2 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Daniel
D
Ocazionez
3 Department of Medical Imaging, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Arlene
A
Sirajuddin
4 Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Lorna
L
Browne
5 Department of Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Carlos S
CS
Restrepo
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