Crystal storing histiocytosis

Oral cavity
Other benign tumors / conditions
Crystal storing histiocytosis

Author: Charu Thakral, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 18 April 2018, last major update June 2013

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See also: Hematology - crystal storing histiocytosis, Lung - nontumor - crystal storing histiocytosis

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Cite this page: Thakral, C. Crystal storing histiocytosis. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/oralcavitycrystalhistiocytosis.html. Accessed October 19th, 2018.

Definition / general

Rare; crystalline material accumulates in cytoplasm of histiocytes; usually kappa light chain origin
Typically associated with disorders that express monoclonal immunoglobulins such as myeloma, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

Case reports

51 year old woman with upper lip and cheek tumor (Head Neck Pathol 2012;6:111)
73 year old woman with tongue mass, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1998;122:920)

Microscopic (histologic) description