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Definition: A histiocytary proliferation of granuloma-like aspect with unknown etiology that may involve bone marrow, internal organs, skin, and mucosae.
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Ruggieri, P. (2014). Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. In: Picci, P., Manfrini, M., Fabbri, N., Gambarotti, M., Vanel, D. (eds) Atlas of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01748-8_11
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