[Clinical aspects and radiology of histiocytosis X in the skeleton--a retrospective study of 18 patients].

The present paper presents the clinical and radiological findings from a retrospective study of 18 children suffering from histiocytosis with skeletal involvement (20 lesions) treated between 1971 and 1983. The different forms of manifestation on the skull, vertebral column, and long bones are described and problems of differential diagnosis discussed. Possible forms of therapy are considered.