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his·ti·o·cyte

(hĭs′tē-ə-sīt′)
n.
A macrophage or dendritic cell that is usually immobile and is found in organs and tissues.
[Greek histion, web, diminutive of histos; see stā- in Indo-European roots + -cyte.]
his′ti·o·cyt′ic (-sĭt′ĭk) adj.
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histiocyte

(ˈhɪstɪəˌsaɪt)
n
(Physiology) physiol a macrophage that occurs in connective tissue
[C20: alteration of German histiozyt, from Greek histion a little web, from histos web + -cyte]
histiocytic adj
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Noun 1. histiocyte - a macrophage that is found in connective tissue
connective tissue - tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments
macrophage - a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream
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It is characterised by an abnormal increase in certain immune cells called histiocyte cells - which area form of white blood cells that help the immune system destroy foreign materials and fight infection.
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OstA, and the FHL Study Group of the Histiocyte Society.
Infection-associated hemophagocytic syndrome: a rare potentially fatal complication of systemic infection. Report of three cases
The large neoplastic cells in CHL are positive for CD15 and CD30 with weakly positive PAX5, and negative for CD45 and histiocyte markers.
Histiocytic Sarcoma: Review, Discussion of Transformation From B-Cell Lymphoma, and Differential Diagnosis
It involves overproduction of a type of white blood cell called a histiocyte. These cells accumulate, most often in lymph nodes, or glands to you and me.
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Furthermore, there are previously published reports of lymphocyte and histiocyte abundance in cases of Sweet's Syndrome [6-9].
Atypical Histiocyte-Rich Sweet's Syndrome
Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD), also known as "sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy," is a nonmalignant disease of histiocyte proliferation.
Rosai-Dorfman disease involving multiple organs: an unusual case with poor prognosis
F: Immunohistochemically positive immunoreactivity with histiocyte marker CD68 in multinuclear giant cells (immunostains, original magnification x400).
Primary giant cell malignant fibrous histiocytoma-associated with renal calculus
HLH is a potentially fatal hyperinflammatory syndrome characterized by histiocyte proliferation and hemophagocytosis.
Measles and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
The criteria for the diagnosis of LCH defined by the Histiocyte Society Writing group is classical LCH histopathology confirmed by the presence of Birbeck granules on electron microscopy or by demonstration of CD1a on immunohistochemistry.
An infant with recurrent maculopapular rashes, anemia, lymphadenopathy, and hepatosplenomegaly
The patient met the diagnostic criteria of HLH described by the Histiocyte Society [2].
Aplastic anemia presenting as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis/ Hemofagositik lenfohistositoz olarak baslayan aplastik anemi
Similar to the morphologic findings of the presented case, diffuse infiltration of neoplastic B-cells, with or without histiocyte increase, with a background almost completely comprising of reactive small T-cells, is observed in T/HRBCL.8-10 Small reactive B-cells are quite rarely seen.10 Cytologic features of both inflammatory background and the neoplastic component should be distinguished by immunohistochemical examination.3,9
T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphoma of stomach
It involves overproduction of a type of white blood cell called a histiocyte.
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