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Generalized eruptive histiocytosis
Disease definition
A rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis characterized by rapid onset of crops of asymptomatic small red to brown papules, typically distributed symmetrically over the face, trunk, and proximal extremities, occasionally with mucous membrane involvement. The lesions resolve spontaneously without scarring after a variable time span and do not recur in most cases. Histopathology reveals diffuse, uniform dermal infiltration with non-xanthomatous histiocytes staining positive for CD68 and Ki-M1p. Multinucleate giant cells may occasionally be found.
ORPHA:157991
Classification level: Disorder- Synonym(s):
- Generalized eruptive histiocytoma
- Prevalence: <1 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance: Not applicable
- Age of onset: -
- ICD-10: D76.3
- ICD-11: EE81
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: -
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Español (2020) Français (2020) Nederlands (2020)
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