Case Report
Nonimmunoglobulin Crystal-Storing Histiocytosis (CSH): Case Report and Literature Review
Table 1
Nonimmunoglobulin CSH reported in literature.
| Source | Sex/age | Patient history/underlying disease | Organ(s) involved by CSH | Type of crystal | Symptoms/indication for workup | Disease status at last follow-up |
| Sukpanichnant [5] | M/32 y | Leprosy | SI and LN | Clofazimine crystals | Chronic abdominal pain | Died 2 months after diagnosis; had an acute onset of dyspnea | Gebrail [6] | M/23 y | Hereditary cystinosis | Cornea, conjunctiva, BM | Cystine crystals | Pancytopenia | Not described | Pais [7] | F/44 y | Leprosy | Intra-abdominal LN, omentum, and peritoneum | Clofazimine crystals | Mild abdominal pain | Complete remission | Lewis [8] | F/78 y | Eosinophilic colitis | Colon | Charcot–Leyden crystals | Chronic abdominal pain and diarrhea | Not described | Singh [9] | M/19 y | Leprosy | Duodenum and jejunum | Clofazimine crystals | Acute abdominal pain | Complete remission | Szeto [10] | F/68 y | Disseminated M. abscessus, clofazimine enteropathy | Terminal ileum | Clofazimine crystals | Abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, and hematochezia | Complete remission | Present case | M/55 y | Strongyloidiasis | Proximal ascending colon | Charcot–Leyden crystals | Epigastric pain | — |
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F, female; M, male; y, years; SI, small intestine; BM, bone marrow; LN, lymph nodes.
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