Neoplastic Process
malignant histiocytosis
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An antiquated term referring to cases of systemic non-Hodgkin lymphomas which are composed of large, atypical neoplastic lymphoid cells and cases of hemophagocytic syndromes. In the past, cases of anaplastic large cells lymphoma were called malignant histiocytosis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(histiocytosis, malignant) A rare, usually progressive disorder comprising an invasive proliferation of neoplastic HISTIOCYTES. Many previous cases are now thought to represent ANAPLASTIC LARGE-CELL LYMPHOMA.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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