Disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis-an interesting case report with concise review of literature.

Chatterjee, T; Naithani, Rahul; Agrawal, Neerja; Bhattacharya, Jina; Bhattacharya, Maitraii; Dutta, P; Pati, H P; Mahapatra, M; Choudhary, V P

Chatterjee, T; Naithani, Rahul; Agrawal, Neerja; Bhattacharya, Jina; Bhattacharya, Maitraii; Dutta, P; Pati, H P; Mahapatra, M; Choudhary, V P.

Indian J Pathol Microbiol ; 2006 Apr; 49(2): 248-50

Article in English | IMSEAR | ID: sea-75652

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A 2-year-old boy presented with fever, recurrent infections and multiple skin lesions. He had anemia, eczematous skin lesions, cervical lymph node enlargement, hepatomegaly and lytic lesions on skull x-ray. The skin infiltrates were CD 68, CD 1a positive and S100 positive. He was diagnosed as disseminated langerhans cell histiocytosis. The occurrence of histiocytosis is reviewed and possible treatment is discussed.

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Antigens, CD/metabolism; Antigens, CD1/metabolism; Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/metabolism; Child, Preschool; Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell/diagnosis; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Male; S100 Proteins/metabolism

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Full text: Available Index: IMSEAR (South-East Asia) Main subject: Humans / Male / Immunohistochemistry / Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / S100 Proteins / Antigens, CD / Child, Preschool / Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Antigens, CD1 Language: English Journal: Indian J Pathol Microbiol Year: 2006 Type: Article

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