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Reticuloendotheliosis, X-linked

MedGen UID:
19757
•Concept ID:
C0035288
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Reticuloendotheliosis
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0010721
OMIM®: 312500

Definition

A greater than normal number of blood cells in the reticuloendothelial system. [from NCI]

Clinical features

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Hepatosplenomegaly
MedGen UID:
9225
•Concept ID:
C0019214
•
Sign or Symptom
Simultaneous enlargement of the liver and spleen.
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Jaundice
MedGen UID:
43987
•Concept ID:
C0022346
•
Sign or Symptom
Yellow pigmentation of the skin due to bilirubin, which in turn is the result of increased bilirubin concentration in the bloodstream.
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Anemia
MedGen UID:
1526
•Concept ID:
C0002871
•
Disease or Syndrome
A reduction in erythrocytes volume or hemoglobin concentration.
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Lymphadenopathy
MedGen UID:
96929
•Concept ID:
C0497156
•
Disease or Syndrome
Enlargment (swelling) of a lymph node.
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Term Hierarchy

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  • CROGVReticuloendotheliosis, X-linked

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of reticuloendotheliosis. Use of corticosteroids and antifolic acid compounds.
FREUD P
JAMA 1961 Jan 14;175:82-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.1961.03040020008002. PMID: 13701802
The use of cortisone in the treatment of reticuloendotheliosis; cases from the pediatric service of the Valley Forge Army Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa.
LEVIN H
J Pediatr 1955 May;46(5):531-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(55)80258-2. PMID: 14368460
Letterer-Siwe's disease; problems in diagnosis and treatment.
SAENGER EL, JOHANSMANN RJ
Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1954 Mar;71(3):472-83. PMID: 13124632

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

HISTIOCYTOSIS X: A REPORT OF 15 CASES IN THE PAEDIATRIC AGE GROUP.
MELHEM RE, HAJJAR JJ, BALASSANIAN N
Br J Radiol 1964 Dec;37:898-904. doi: 10.1259/0007-1285-37-444-898. PMID: 14238656
ANTI-M IN NEOPLASTIC DISEASE.
DUNSFORD I
Vox Sang 1964 Mar-Apr;9:212-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1964.tb03684.x. PMID: 14147441

Diagnosis

FAMILIAL RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS WITH EOSINOPHILIA.
OMENN GS
N Engl J Med 1965 Aug 19;273:427-32. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196508192730806. PMID: 14328107
HISTIOCYTOSIS X.
GARVIE WH
Postgrad Med J 1965 Feb;41(472):93-6. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.41.472.93. PMID: 14270750Free PMC Article
HISTIOCYTIC MEDULLARY RETICULOSIS.
FRIEDMAN RM, STEIGBIGEL NH
Am J Med 1965 Jan;38:130-3. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(65)90166-x. PMID: 14247284
Marrow biopsy in the diagnosis of pyrexia of undetermined origin.
GOWER ND
J Clin Pathol 1963 May;16(3):227-31. doi: 10.1136/jcp.16.3.227. PMID: 13949639Free PMC Article
Reticulo-endotheliosis (Hand-Schüller-Christian disease).
HODGSON JR, KENNEDY RL, CAMP JD
Radiology 1951 Nov;57(5):642-52. doi: 10.1148/57.5.642. PMID: 14883342

Therapy

HISTIOCYTOSIS X.
GARVIE WH
Postgrad Med J 1965 Feb;41(472):93-6. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.41.472.93. PMID: 14270750Free PMC Article
Letterer-Siwe disease treated with prednisone.
FROMMER EA
Proc R Soc Med 1957 May;50(5):332-3. PMID: 13431892Free PMC Article
The use of cortisone in the treatment of reticuloendotheliosis; cases from the pediatric service of the Valley Forge Army Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa.
LEVIN H
J Pediatr 1955 May;46(5):531-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(55)80258-2. PMID: 14368460
Multiple lesions of bone in Letterer-Siwe disease; report of a case with culture of paracolon Arizona bacilli from bone lesions and blood, followed by response to therapy.
FISHER RH
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1953 Apr;35-A(2):445-64. PMID: 13052618
Reticuloendotheliosis.
BLATTNER RJ
Postgrad Med 1952 Nov;12(5):427-35. doi: 10.1080/00325481.1952.11708069. PMID: 13003689

Prognosis

MORBIDITY AND SURVIVAL RATES FOR CANCERS OF THE HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM IN BELGIUM.
MEWISSEN DJ, BETZ EH
Pathol Microbiol (Basel) 1964;27:739-45. doi: 10.1159/000161525. PMID: 14235041
PATHOLOGY OF TUMOURS IN CHILDREN.
STEWARD JK
J Clin Pathol 1964 Jul;17(4):407-10. doi: 10.1136/jcp.17.4.407. PMID: 14195627Free PMC Article
THE RELATION OF SINUS HISTIOCYTOSIS IN AXILLARY LYMPH NODES TO SURGICAL CURABILITY OF CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST.
DIRE JJ, LANE N
Am J Clin Pathol 1963 Nov;40:508-15. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/40.5.508. PMID: 14070677
A case of reticulo-endotheliosis with unusual course.
TORNQVIST S
Acta Paediatr (Stockh) 1953 May;42(3):274-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1953.tb05591.x. PMID: 13079762
Familial incidence of non-lipoid reticuloendotheliosis (Letterer-Siwe disease).
REESE AJ, LEVY E
Arch Dis Child 1951 Dec;26(130):578-81. doi: 10.1136/adc.26.130.578. PMID: 14904103Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

HISTIOCYTOSIS X (EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA OF BONE, LETTERER-SIWE DISEASE, AND SCHUELLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE). FURTHER OBSERVATIONS OF PATHOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE.
LICHTENSTEIN L
J Bone Joint Surg Am 1964 Jan;46:76-90. PMID: 14104316
Reticuloendothelial granuloma: clinical and pathologic observations with lipid analyses of tissues.
MOE PJ, HANSEN AE
AMA J Dis Child 1960 Feb;99:175-84. PMID: 14423161

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