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. 1992 Feb;55(2):156–158. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.55.2.156

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy--isolated suprasellar involvement.

M B Bhattacharjee 1, S J Wroe 1, B N Harding 1, M Powell 1
PMCID: PMC488983  PMID: 1538225

Abstract

An unusual case of an isolated histioproliferative lesion arising from the suprasellar region is described. The presence of lymphophagocytosis suggested that this represented an extranodal intracranial form of sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy.

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