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Growth of children with Langerhans cell histiocytosis [PDF]

, 1995
Conclusion: GH deficiency is not a common manifestation of LCH in childhood and GH provocation tests are only indicated when there is a poor or decelerating growth rate.
Egeler, R.M. (Maarten), Hoek, A.C.J. (A. C J) van den, Hählen, K. (Karel), Karstens, A. (A.)   +3 more
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Isolated gastrointestinal Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a 16‐month‐old child: A case report

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder characterized by clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells, most often involving the skin or bone. Isolated gastrointestinal (GI) involvement is extremely uncommon in young children. We report a 16‐month‐old girl with a 1‐month history of chronic vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and failure to ...
Al‐Qasim AL‐Bahlani, Laraib Touseeq, Mohammed Al‐Masqari, Emad Saad   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis with pulmonary and colorectoanal involvement: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare systemic disease characterized by the abnormal overproduction of histiocytes that tend to infiltrate single or multiple organ systems leading to significant tissue damage. It mainly affects – by order of
Mohamad Jihad Mansour, Elias Mokbel, Eddy Fares, Janah Maddah, Fadi Nasr   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Otic Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis in an Adult: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2013
Objective. To present a case of otic Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in an adult. Also included the diagnosis and management of the condition and a review of the relevant literature. Case Report.
Anil Gungadeen, Peter Kullar, Philip Yates   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐term outcomes of stereotactic radiofrequency ablation in hypothalamic hamartomas: A single‐center experience

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) lead to refractory epilepsy, and minimally invasive surgical approaches are standard of care for affected patients. Stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation (SRT) is one of the treatment methods recognized to achieve seizure freedom. This study reports surgical outcome from a single center reporting
Peter Christoph Reinacher, Julia Jacobs, Mukesch Johannes Shah, Theo Demerath, Kathrin Wagner, Victoria San Antonio‐Arce, Horst Urbach, Volker Arnd Coenen, Andreas Schulze‐Bonhage, Kerstin Alexandra Klotz   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Thyroid with Multiple Cervical Lymph Node Involvement Accompanying Metastatic Thyroid Papillary Carcinoma

Case Reports in Pathology, 2014
A 37-year-old male case was admitted with goiter. Ultrasonography of thyroid showed a 5 cm cystic nodule in the left lobe with a 1.5 cm solid component. Fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion.
A. Bahar Ceyran, Serkan Şenol, Barış Bayraktar, Şeyma Özkanlı, Z. Leyla Cinel, Abdullah Aydın   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Localized Langerhans cell histiocytosis masquerading as Brodie s abscess in a 2-year-old child: a case report [PDF]

, 2016
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), formerly known as histiocytosis X, refers to a spectrum of diseases characterized by idiopathic proliferation of histiocytes that produce either focal (localized LCH) or systemic manifestations (Hand–Schüller ...
Chang, Wei-Fang, Hsu, Yi-Chih, Huang, Guo-Shu, Kuo, Chun-Lang, Wu, Yi-Der   +4 more
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Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis [PDF]

European Journal of Pediatrics, 2013
Herein, we described 16-year-old boy with pulmonary cysts in both lung fields and diagnosed as isolated pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
ÖZDEMİR, Mehmet Akif, KÖSE, Mehmet
openaire   +3 more sources

Periodontitis and Periodontal Conditions in Systemically Healthy Children and Adolescents

Journal of Clinical Periodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To answer the PICoS question ‘in systemically healthy children and adolescents (Population), what are the main features of periodontitis, necrotising periodontal diseases (NPD) and other periodontal conditions (periodontal abscesses, endo‐periodontal lesions, traumatic occlusal forces, prosthesis‐ and tooth‐related factors ...
Inbar Eshkol‐Yogev, Nagore Ambrosio, Cheryl Somani, Elena Figuero, Lior Shapira, Janet Davies   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

BRAF V600E mutations in urine and plasma cell-free DNA from patients with Erdheim-Chester disease. [PDF]

, 2014
Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare histiocytosis with a high prevalence of BRAF V600E mutation (>50% of patients). Patients with BRAF-mutant ECD can respond to BRAF inhibitors.
Cabrilo, Goran, Erlander, Mark G, Hassaine, Latifa, Holley, Veronica R, Janku, Filip, Kosco, Karena, Kurzrock, Razelle, Leppin, Lorieta, Lin, Patrick P, Meric-Bernstam, Funda, Poole, Jason C, Stepanek, Vanda M, Vibat, Cecile Rose T   +12 more
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