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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

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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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  1. 2nd Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Clinic, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Pietro Ruggieri MD, PhD

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  1. Muscoloskeletal Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Piero Picci

  2. Department of Surgery, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Manfrini

  3. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Nicola Fabbri

  4. Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Gambarotti

  5. Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Daniel Vanel

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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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