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Korean Journal of Dermatology
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: 186-192, 1994.
Article
Dans Coréen
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| ID: wpr-62634
Résumé
Letterer-Siwe disease is one of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, with Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and eosinophilic granuloma, characterized by proliferation of Langevha is cell. The clinical course of Letterer-Siwe disease is acute fulmunant of casionally fatal, involving skin and many other internal organs, such as the lymph node, liver, spleen, ung and bone. We present 3 cases of Letterer-Siwe disease with characteristic cutaneous findings and revealed Langerhans granules by imrriunohistochemical stain and electronmicrc scopic examination. All patients died in spite of combined chernotherapy.