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Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children – a disease with many faces. Recent advances in pathogenesis, diagnostic examinations and treatment

Advances in Dermatology and Allergology, 2018
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare clonal disease characterized by the proliferation of CD1a-positive immature dendritic cells. The purpose of this article was to present an updated review of recent advances in the pathogenesis, clinical features ...
Michalina Jezierska, J. Stefanowicz, G. Romanowicz, W. Kosiak, M. Lange   +4 more
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Isolated Langerhans Histiocytosis in Thyroid: Thyroidectomy or Chemotherapy? [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder of mononuclear phagocytic system whose clinical presentation varies from the localised involvement of a single bone to a widely disseminated disease.
Anoop Attakkil, Vandana Thorawade, Mohan Jagade, Rajesh Kar, Kartik Parelkar   +4 more
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Spontaneous pneumothorax with isolated pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis in an adult case: A common manifestation of rare disease

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis should be evaluated even in adults with no previous medical history and no history of cigarette smoking who have spontaneous pneumothorax and evidence of multiple lung cystic lesions, and other
Mitra Samareh Fekri, Faranak Salajegheh, Mohsen Nakhaie, Mohammad Rezaei Zadeh Rukerd   +3 more
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Nail Disorders in Systemic Conditions

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nail findings in children can be indicative of an underlying systemic disease. Many of these findings are seen in multiple entities and are not specific to one disease. The importance of specifically examining for these nail changes cannot be overstated.
Jane Sanders Bellet
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the maxillae in a child treated only with chemotherapy: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a sporadic disease caused by an uncontrolled pathogenic clonal proliferation of dendritic cells that have Langerhans cell characteristics.
Angela Pia Cazzolla, Giuseppe Troiano, Khrystyna Zhurakivska, Eugenio Maiorano, Gianfranco Favia, Maria Grazia Lacaita, Giuseppe Marzo, Franca Dicuonzo, Stefano Andresciani, Lorenzo Lo Muzio   +9 more
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Nail Toxicities Associated With Anticancer Therapies in Children

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nail toxicities are a frequent yet often underrecognized component of dermatologic adverse events in children receiving anticancer therapies. Both conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy and newer targeted agents can affect the nail matrix, nail bed and periungual tissues, producing a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations that range from ...
Luca Rapparini, Michela Starace
wiley   +1 more source

Gastrointestinal Tract Involvement of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Concerning Point of Diagnosis

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR), 2020
An 8-month-old girl presented with chronic mucous bloody diarrhea for 3 months. She was diagnosed as infective gastroenteritis and did not improve after antibiotic treatment.
Shevachut Chavananon, Pornpun Sripornsawan, Thirachit Chotsampancharoen   +2 more
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CNS Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: Common Hematopoietic Origin for LCH-Associated Neurodegeneration and Mass Lesions

Cancer, 2018
Central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis (CNS‐LCH) brain involvement may include mass lesions and/or a neurodegenerative disease (LCH‐ND) of unknown etiology.
Kenneth L. McClain, J. Picarsic, Rikhia Chakraborty, Daniel J. Zinn, Howard Lin, H. Abhyankar, B. Scull, Albert J. Shih, Karen Phaik Har Lim, O. Eckstein, J. Lubega, T. Peters, Walter Olea, Thomas M. Burke, Nabil Ahmed, M. Hicks, Brandon H. Tran, Jeremy Jones, R. Dauser, M. Jeng, R. Baiocchi, D. Schiff, S. Goldman, K. Heym, H. Wilson, Benjamin Carcamo, Ashish R. Kumar, C. Rodríguez-Galindo, Nicholas S Whipple, Patrick K. Campbell, G. Murdoch, J. Kofler, S. Heales, M. Malone, R. Woltjer, Joseph F. Quinn, P. Orchard, M. Kruer, R. Jaffe, M. Manz, Sergio A. Lira, D. Parsons, M. Merad, T. Man, Carl E. Allen   +44 more
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis present in a 1-day-old girl: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare condition characterized by diverse clinical manifestations, ranging from cutaneous lesions to systemic involvement.
Yang Meng
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis x) – in the mandible

Brazilian Dental Science, 2013
This article reports a case of 65 year-old man consultedin a private radiology dental clinic for a panoramicradiography, where was indicated a radiolucent area,extending into the periapical region of the teeth 35 to 43 to the base of the mandible ...
Angela Jordão Camargo, Mayara Cheade, Celso Martinelli, Solange Aparecida Caldeira Monteiro, Christiano de Oliveira Santos, Plauto Christopher Aranha Watanabe   +5 more
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