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Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A rare cause of pathological rib fracture
Langerhans cell histiocytosis, formerly known as histiocytosis X, represents clonal proliferations of the antigen-presenting dendritic cells, which are normally found in many organs. It is a rare disease which tends to affect children and adolescents. In
Yolcu A. +7 more
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Background: Pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X) is an uncommon, diffuse interstitial lung disease of unknown cause, mostly presenting in young smokers.
Mirzaie, Masoud +3 more
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Following Repeated Radiation Therapy for Histiocytosis X
Low dose radiotherapy has been used to treat a variety of benign disorders including Histiocytosis X. Ionizing radiation may be leukemogenic with leukemia developing between 3.5 to 11 years after exposure.
Nimer, Stephen D, Chap, Linnea
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Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis diagnosed due to dermatological perianal lesion
Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis is a rare disease characterized by proliferation of Langerhans cells in the body. It affects mainly males, predominantly in childhood. Ulcerated plaques are one of the cutaneous forms of presentation.
Bruno Lorenzo Scolaro +5 more
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ABSTRACT Gallbladder carcinoma is an aggressive malignancy often diagnosed at an advanced stage. Skeletal metastasis, especially mixed lytic‐sclerotic lesions, is rare and typically occurs late. This report highlights an unusual presentation where widespread bony metastases were the initial manifestation, leading to the diagnosis of gallbladder ...
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is rare unique disorder of the reticuloendothelial system characterized by an abnormal proliferation of histiocytes and eosinophilic leukocytes.
S Jayachandran, N Balaji
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Globe luxation in histiocytosis X
A boy with histiocytosis X, first diagnosed at the age of 9 months, presented at the age of 5 years with left globe luxation. Under general anaesthesia the globe was reduced and a temporary paracentral tarsorrhaphy carried out. He was started on a course
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g twice a day.In November 1994 she was re-admitted to a secondhospital with a right-sided pneumothorax. In addition tothe pneumothorax, the chest x-ray showed diffuseinterstitial infiltration of both lungs, with normal lungvolumes. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showeddiffuse interstitial disease, with multiple thin and thick-walled cysts of ...
H, Al-Jahdali +3 more
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Introducción. La Histiocitosis de células de Langerhans (HCL) es una patología poco frecuente, con diferentes manifestaciones radio-lógicas. Su causa es desconocida y se caracteriza por una proliferación de las células de Langerhans.
Raúl Rojas C +7 more
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Langerhans-Cell Histiocytoses - Epidemiology, Classification, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment and Prognosis [PDF]
Histiocytoses comprise a group of diverse diseases of unknown etiology with various clinical presentation and evolution. The underlying pathology is characterised by accumulation and infiltration of variable numbers of cells of the monocyte-macrophage ...
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