Histiocytosis

Histiocytosis

Signs and Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

Treatment

Histiocytosis is often treated with corticosteroids, which is an anti-inflammatory drug. Your child may be given other medications, including:

• Prednisone
• Methotrexate
• Vinblastine
• Mercaptopurine
• Cyclophosphamide
• Etoposide

In some cases, the disease regresses on its own. In other cases, radiation therapy and chemotherapy have been effective in treating the disease.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Last updated May 8, 2007