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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021 Oct 7;7(1):73. doi: 10.1038/s41572-021-00307-9
C Group
• Cutaneous non-LCH
 - Non-XG family: includes cutaneous RDD
 - XG family: includes JXG
• Cutaneous non-LCH with major systemic component
H Group
• Primary HLH (monogenic inherited conditions; FIG. 1)
• Secondary HLH (non-Mendelian HLH)
• HLH of uncertain origin
L Group
• LCH
• ICH
• ECD
• Mixed LCH/ECD
M Groupa
• Primary malignant histiocytoses
• Secondary malignant histiocytosis (following or in association with another haematological malignancy)
R Group
• Sporadic RDD
 - Classic RDD
 - Extranodal RDD
 - RDD with neoplasia or immune disease
 - Unclassified
• Familial RDD

Somatic and germlme pathogenic variants associated with Histiocytic disorders are outlined in FIG. 1. ECD, Erdheim-Chester disease; HLH, haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; ICH, indeterminate cell histiocytosis; JXG, juvenile xanthogranuloma; LCH, Langerhanscell histiocytosis; RDD, Rosai-Dorfman disease; XG, xanthogranuloma.

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Malignant histiocytoses are not discussed in this review, but represent hyperproliferative, dysplastic malignancies with some histological features shared with histiocytic disorders.