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splenic macrophagic infiltration
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Types
splenic spumous macrophagic infiltration
Etiology
metabolic diseases
- splenic storage diseases
- Gaucher disease (Gaucher cell)
- Niemann-Pick disease type 2 (NPD-2) (sea-blue histiocytes) (#6184303#)
disseminated atypical mycobacteriosis (#6741553#)
- Mycobacterium intracellulare infection (#6741553#)
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) (ceroid histiocytes or sea-blue histiocytes) (#6684881#)
malignant histiocytosis (#7104067#)
Case records
Case 12002: Splenic spumous macrophagic infiltration in Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection in combined immune deficiencies
Differential diagnosis
splenic inflammatory pseudotumor (#18040148#)
See also
macrophagic infiltrations
- ceroid histiocytes or sea-blue histiocytes
References
Yamadori I, Motoi M, Hayashi K, Tsutsumi A, Ogawa K, Doi K, Hamaya K. Disseminated atypical mycobacteriosis. Acta Pathol Jpn. 1984 Mar;34(2):459-69.PMID: #6741553#
