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Think of the three "eruptive histiocyte" disease together:
Generalized Eruptive Histiocytosis
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Xanthoma Disseminatum
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Eruptive Xanthomas
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non-lipidized histiocytes
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xanthoma cells*
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xanthoma cells*
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Touton giant cells
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Touton giant cells
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normal serum lipids
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normal serum lipids
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increased
triglycerides
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* xanthoma cells = lipidized histiocytes
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