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Represents a heterogeneous group of tumors and tumor-like masses commonly associated with histologically identical extracranial lesions. Broadly classified into two groups: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis (non-LCH). LCH results from clonal proliferation of dendritic cells with Langerhans cell characteristics; Previously known as Histiocytosis X that included entities such as eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schüller-Christian disease and Letterer-Siwe disease. LCH as currently defined may present as unifocal, multifocal (usually polyostotic), or disseminated disease.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    A. Mukherjee M.D. (Neuropathology Fellow)

  2. Section of Neuropathology and Molecular Neuropathology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Adekunle M. Adesina M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Pathology, Medical Director)

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  1. Dept. Pathology, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Plaza 1, Houston, 77030, U.S.A.

    Adekunle M. Adesina

  2. School of Medicine, University of California, Parnassus Ave. 505, San Francisco, 94143, U.S.A.

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  3. VCU Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, E. Marshall Street 1200, Richmond, 23298, U.S.A.

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  4. Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Longwood Ave. 300, Boston, 02115, U.S.A.

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Mukherjee, A., Adesina, A.M. (2010). Histiocytic Tumors. In: Adesina, A., Tihan, T., Fuller, C., Poussaint, T. (eds) Atlas of Pediatric Brain Tumors. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1062-2_36

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