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Query: UMLS:C0019621 (
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
)
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Histiocytosis X
is considered a group of diseases of unknown origin. Nevertheless, the presence of certain lymphocytes disorders and immunocomplexes has permitted us to think that it is an immunologic disease. The
ankylosing spondylitis
is also a disease of unknown origin, but like the
histiocytosis X
, might be of immunologic origin. In both entities, a defect of T-lymphocytes has been demonstrated. We present a patient in whom both diseases are associated, which is not reported before in the medical literature. We think that these disorders may be related by a common immunologic alteration.
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PMID:[Histiocytosis X and ankylosing spondylitis. A common pathogenesis?]. 896 79
