This book, the only current comprehensive text on the histiocytic disorders, is intended to be a useful source of information for all those who care for patients with one of the histiocytoses, for clinicians with primary responsibility for patient management, physicians concerned with laboratory medicine, and all who are involved with research in the field. Furthermore, patients with histiocytosis and/or their families may well find it useful to have the book as a standard reference for themselves and for every caregiver who tells them that histiocytosis is rare and that they know nothing about the condition and do not feel comfortable managing it.

Patients with histiocytoses, especially with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), are sufficiently common that they constitute an important problem but, on the other hand, are sufficiently uncommon that it has been difficult for many/most physicians to gain experience in their care.

In particular, research into the special problems of adults with histiocytic disorders has not kept pace with that in paediatrics except in certain areas such as adult lung histiocytosis. One of the goals of this book is to encourage the same comprehensive care of adult patients as has become the standard for children.

In this book, you will find discussion of all aspects of the histiocytic disorders, written by some 50 international experts in the field.