cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis

cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis
a severe variant of relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis characterized by lobules infiltrated by histiocytes that have phagocytized erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets; it is sometimes accompanied by systemic conditions that can be fatal, such as multiorgan failure, coagulopathies with hemorrhaging, and overwhelming infection. In some cases there is an apparent association with T-cell lymphoma.

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