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Hand-Schueller-Christian disease

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Location: http://chorus.rad.mcw.edu/doc/00182.html

Description: chronic diseminated form of histiocytosis X
* age 1 - 3 yrs most common
* skull and mandible lesions similar to EG, but more numerous
* "geographic skull", "floating teeth"
* adenopathy
* enlarged liver and spleen
* skin lesions
* diabetes insipidus
* exophthalmos
* lung disease

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD
Institution: CHORUS
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Language: English

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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Fri Jul 24 2009