CHRONIC, DISSEMINATED, NONLIPOID RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS (HISTIOCYTOSIS X): TREATMENT WITH CORTICOTROPIN AND ANTIBIOTICS, WITH REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: P H MORTON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 August 1957CHRONIC, DISSEMINATED, NONLIPOID RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS (HISTIOCYTOSIS X): TREATMENT WITH CORTICOTROPIN AND ANTIBIOTICS, WITH REPORT OF TWO CASESPAUL H. MORTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.PAUL H. MORTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-2-317 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the last few years occasional reports have appeared in the literature concerning a group of diseases of the reticuloendothelial system which have the appearance of inflammatory granulomas and are thought to be of infectious origin, although the etiology is still unknown. They have many of the characteristics of neoplasms, but they are not true tumors, since they grow by the addition of cells and not by cell division.European investigators1had previously called attention to the intimate relationship between eosinophilic granuloma of bone, Hand-Schüller-Christian disease and Letterer-Siwe disease as interrelated manifestations of the same fundamental pathologic process. But it...Bibliography1. Fraser J: Skeletal lipoid granulomatosis (Hand-Schüller-Christian's disease), Brit. J. Surg. 22: 800, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Lichtenstein L: Histiocytosis X, integration of eosinophilic granuloma of bone, "Letterer-Siwe disease," and Schüller-Christian disease as related manifestations of a single nosologic entity, Arch. Path. 56: 84, 1953. Google Scholar3. BiermanLanmanDodKellyMillerShimkin HRJTKSKHERMB: The ameliorative effect of antibiotics on nonlipoid reticuloendotheliosis (Letterer-Siwe disease) in identical twins, J. Pediat. 40: 269, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Letterer E: Aleukamische Retikulose, Frankfurt. Ztschr. f. Path. 30: 377, 1924. Google Scholar5. Siwe SA: Die Reticuloendotheliose ein neues Krankheitsbild unter den Hepathosplenomegalien, Ztschr. f. Kinderh. 55: 212, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. BlahdLevyBassett WHMSSH: A case of Hand-Schüller-Christian syndrome treated with cortisone, Ann. Int. Med. 35: 927, 1951. LinkGoogle Scholar7. BassSapinHodes MHSOHL: Use of cortisone and corticotropin (ACTH) in treatment of reticuloendotheliosis in children, Am. J. Dis. Child. 85: 393, 1953. Google Scholar8. GrayTaylor JDS: Acute systemic reticulo-endotheliosis terminating as a monocytic leukaemia, Cancer 6: 333, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. LichtensteinJaffe LHL: Eosinophilic granuloma of bone, with report of a case, Am. J. Path. 16: 595, 1940. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. MayGarfinkleDugan IAJMDJ: Eosinophilic granuloma of lung: report of three cases, Ann. Int. Med. 40: 549, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar11. ChildersMiddletonSchneider JHJWM: Eosinophilic granuloma of femur and lungs: a case report, Ann. Int. Med. 42: 1297, 1955. LinkGoogle Scholar12. PaullPhillips AMAM: Systemic reticuloendotheliosis (Letterer-Siwe disease) in the adult male, Ann. Int. Med. 41: 363, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar13. GoldnerVolk MGBW: Fulminant normocholesteremic xanthomatosis (histiocytosis X), Arch. Int. Med. 95: 689, 1955. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Coronado, California*Received for publication October 29, 1956.From the Medical Service of the Coronado Hospital, Coronado, California.Presented at the Fifty-seventh General Meeting of the Association of Clinical Pathologists, in the Great Hall of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, England, October 5, 1956.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Paul H. Morton, M.D., 1117 Tenth Street, Coronado 18, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySpeicherkrankheitenDie Letterer-Christiansche ErkrankungReticulose vom Typ der Abt-Letterer-Siweschen ErkrankungA case of diffuse histiocytosis X with aplastic anemia 1 August 1957Volume 47, Issue 2Page: 317-331KeywordsCellsGranulomasInfectious diseasesMedical servicesParotitisPathologistsRadiologistsResearch laboratoriesSurgeonsTechnicians ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...