Article
Evidence for a hybrid macrophage phenotype in erythrophagocytic histiocytosis.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Bosman C, Camassei F D, Boldrini R, Corsi A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The phenotype of the proliferating cells in two patients with erythrophagocytic histiocytosis is described. These 6- and 18-month-old female patients presented with fever, anemia, hepatosplenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinical histories were reviewed, and pathological specimens of both patients were studied by histology, and electron microscopy/immunohistochemistry using...
Topics
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- Histiocytosis
- Humans
- Infant
- Macrophages
- Phagocytosis
- Phenotype
