Endocrine Abstracts

Histiocytosis is a group of syndromes /synonyms: eosinophilicgranulomatosis, pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, fibrous lung disease, disease of smokers, non-lipid reticuloendotheliosis; disease of Hand–Schuller–Christian; disease of Letterer–Siwe/. It is a rare disease and its real frequency is unknown. In a reference center in the U.S. the disease is found in 5% in patients with lung biopsy carried out in connection with the diagnosis of interstitial lun...