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A rare cause of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: Birt-hogg-dube syndrome [PDF]
Birt-Hogg-Dube (BHD) syndrome is an unusual disorder characterized by the triad of cutaneous lesions, renal tumors and lung cysts. In cases with BHD syndrome, the frequency of recurrent pneumothorax is increased due to presence of multiple lung cysts. It
Demirci, M. +3 more
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Histiocytosis X: Characteristics, behavior, and treatments as illustrated in a case series
Background: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a proliferative disorder predominantly found in children. It often presents with pain in calvarium or spine and may cause neuroendocrine symptoms. The gold standard for diagnosing LCH is the detection of
E. Kasper +3 more
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Background Langerhans cell histiocytosis previously known as histiocytosis X is a rare disease of children and young adults with a very broad clinical spectrum. In children, its annual incidence is estimated between 0.2–0.5 per 100,000.
Salahoudine Idrissa +6 more
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Histiocytosis X of the Hypothalamus
Abstract An 18-year-old woman presented with visual disturbance and endocrine dysfunction (diabetes insipidus, delayed puberty, hypothyroidism, hypoadrenalism, and hyperprolactinemia). Computed tomography and enhanced cisternography showed a single hypothalamic mass, which proved at biopsy to be histiocytosis X.
K. Patrick Ober +4 more
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HYSTYOCYTOSIS X: VERIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS
A clinical case of histiocytosis X, rarely found in the practice of a dermatovenereologist, is described, the pathognomonic clinical symptoms of this dermatosis, including skin lesions, that occur in 50 to 80 % of cases of all forms are displayed.
V. V. Starostenko +3 more
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Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Formation and Retinochoroidopathy in a Patient with Systemic Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature [PDF]
We report a case of bilateral atrophic retinochoroidopathy with choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) formation in a patient with systemic Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH).
Foster, Charles Stephen +3 more
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Orbital involvement in Rosai-Dorfman disease [PDF]
A doença de Rosai-Dorfman (DRD) ou histiocitose sinusal com linfadenopatia maciça é uma entidade clínica idiopática, rara e benigna, caracterizada pela proliferação histiocitária com linfofagocitose. Geralmente se apresenta com linfoadenomegalia cervical,
GONÇALVES, Allan C. Pieroni +4 more
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Langerhans´cell histiocytosis [PDF]
La histiocitosis de células de Langerhans (HCL), anteriormente conocida como histiocitosis X, es una enfermedad poco frecuente caracterizada por la acumulación y proliferación de histiocitos, eosinófilos y células de Langerhans, con inclusión de gránulos
Casanovas, A., Elena, G., Rosso, Diego
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Histiocytosis X of the temporal bone
Lidiane Maria de Brito Macedo Ferreira +3 more
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Commentary: "Histiocytosis X" [PDF]
Pulmonary Langerhans’ cell granulomatosis (LCG) is a diffuse, smoking-related lung disease characterised pathologically by bronchiolocentric inflammation, cyst formation, and widespread vascular abnormalities, and physiologically by exercise limitation. Pulmonary fibrosis is a long term sequel.
Dinah V. Parums
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