reticulosis

reticulosis
An increase in histiocytes, monocytes, or other reticuloendothelial elements. [reticulo- + G. -osis, condition]
- benign inoculation r. SYN: catscratch disease.
- leukemic r. obsolete term for monocytic leukemia.
- malignant midline r. obsolete term for polymorphic r.
- midline malignant r. granuloma SYN: lethal midline granuloma.
- pagetoid r. a usually solitary verrucous plaque on the extremities characterized histologically by predominantly epidermal infiltration of mononuclear cells resembling those found in mycosis fungoides; prognosis is good. SYN: Woringer-Kolopp disease.
- polymorphic r. a necrotizing lymphoproliferative lesion with a predilection for the upper respiratory tract; previously called lethal midline granuloma or malignant midline r.; treatment is irradiation.

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re·tic·u·lo·sis ri-.tik-yə-'lō-səs n, pl -lo·ses -.sēz RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS

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n.
abnormal overgrowth, usually malignant, of any of the cells of the lymphatic glands or the immune system. See lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, Burkitt's lymphoma, mycosis fungoides.

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re·tic·u·lo·sis (rə-tik″u-loґsis) [reticul- + -osis] an abnormal increase in cells derived from or related to reticuloendothelial cells, such as that seen in leukemia and lymphoma.

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