Sea-blue histiocytosis

Introduction: Sea-blue histiocytosis

Description of Sea-blue histiocytosis

Sea-blue histiocytosis (medical condition): A rare condition involving the presence of too many histiocytes in the spleen and bone marrow. These histiocytes stain a sea-blue color during testing. These abnormal staining histiocytes have been noted in several diseases such as Niemann-Pick disease, lipid metabolism disorders and Norum disease.

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Sea-blue histiocytosis: Rare disorder consisting of splenomegaly, mild purpura secondary to thrombocytopenia, and occasionally, hepatic cirrhosis associated with the appearance of numerous histiocytes in the spleen and bone marrow which stain a sea-blue color.
Source: Diseases Database

Sea-blue histiocytosis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Sea-blue histiocytosis:

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• Blue
• Histiocytosis

Sea-blue histiocytosis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Sea-blue histiocytosis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Sea-blue histiocytosis, or a subtype of Sea-blue histiocytosis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Sea-blue histiocytosis as a Disease

Sea-blue histiocytosis (medical condition): See Sea-Blue histiocytosis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Sea-Blue histiocytosis
  »Symptoms of Sea-Blue histiocytosis

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Terms associated with Sea-blue histiocytosis:

Terms Similar to Sea-blue histiocytosis:

• Sea blue histiocyte syndrome

Source: Diseases Database

• Histiocytosis, sea-blue
• Sea-blue histiocyte disease

Source - NIH

External links related to: Sea-blue histiocytosis

• OMIM - SEA-BLUE HISTIOCYTE DISEASE
• OMIM - APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOE

Source: Diseases Database

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