PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA: A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC DISCUSSION
Authors: Anthony W. Williams, William G. Dunnington, Stephen J. Berte
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 January 1961PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA: A CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC DISCUSSIONANTHONY W. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM G. DUNNINGTON, STEPHEN J. BERTEANTHONY W. WILLIAMSSearch for more papers by this author, WILLIAM G. DUNNINGTONSearch for more papers by this author, STEPHEN J. BERTESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-1-30 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn 1953 Lichtenstein1proposed the name "histiocytosis X" to designate the three related disease complexes, Schüller-Christian disease, Letterer-Siwe disease, and eosinophilic granuloma of bone. This term was chosen in order to integrate the three diseases under a single descriptive heading and to emphasize their basic pathologic process, that of histiocytic proliferation in the particular tissue involved. 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