malignant histiocytosis

malignant histiocytosis
a rare type of histiocytosis found accompanying malignancies such as acute myelogenous leukemia; it may be a malignant transformation of stem cells of the monocyte series. It usually affects children or young adults and has a poor prognosis.

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