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Swelling of bilateral parotid glands: An unusual symptom of multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2014
Objective: Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an unusual disorder of unknown etiology with heterogeneous clinical behaviors and variable outcomes. It can involve one or more organs or systems, but to our best knowledge, parotid glands involvement in ...
Xiaojun Yuan   +4 more
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Neurodegenerative central nervous system disease as late sequelae of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Report from the Japan LCH Study Group

open access: yesHaematologica, 2008
Clinical features, brain magnetic resonance imaging findings and EDSS scores of 11 patients with neurodegenerative central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis were analyzed in Japan.
Shinsaku Imashuku   +13 more
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Common clonal origin of an acute B-lymphoblastic leukemia and a Langerhans’ cell sarcoma: evidence for hematopoietic plasticity

open access: yesHaematologica, 2010
Background The hierarchical organization of hematopoiesis with unidirectional lineage determination has become a questionable tenet in view of the experimental evidence of reprogramming and transdifferentiation of lineage-determined cells.
Richard Ratei   +10 more
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Ontogeny of Langerhans Cells

open access: yesJournal of Investigative Dermatology, 1980
Results of transplantation and chimera studies indicate that epidermal Langerhans cells are derived from precursor cells originating bone marrow.
Tamaki, Kunihiko, Katz, Stephen I.
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the maxillae in a child treated only with chemotherapy: a case report

open access: yesJournal 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   +9 more
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A Case of Multisystemic Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in an Adult

open access: yesProceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2011
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease in adults with a myriad of clinical presentations. A case of multisystemic Langerhans cell histiocytosis with involvement of bone, skin, lungs, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-axis is reported.
Chiaw Ling Chng MBBS, MRCP
doaj   +1 more source

Fatores biocomportamentais e as alterações no número das células de Langerhans Behavioral factors and changes in the number of Langerhans' cells

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2004
OBJETIVOS: estudar a relação dos fatores biocomportamentais (idade, menarca, número de gestações e precocidade sexual) com alterações das células de Langerhans em mulheres com captura híbrida negativa para HPV.
Nelson Shozo Uchimura   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with Extensive Spinal and Thyroid Gland Involvement Presenting with Quadriparesis: An Unusual Case in an Adult Patient [PDF]

open access: yesMalaysian Orthopaedic Journal, 2011
Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the spine frequently presents as a solitary lesion and rarely results in neurological deficit. Involvement of thyroid tissue is also rare, even in multifocal disease presentations.
Mohd Ariff S   +3 more
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The Langerhans Cell*

open access: yesJournal of Investigative Dermatology, 1965
Since Langerhans (1) first described the presence of gold-positive dendritic cells in the epidermis, their nature has been an unsettled question. These cells, which morphologically resemble melanocytes, are free of pigment and are not seen when stained for melanin nor when the dopa stain is used; but they can be demonstrated with gold chloride methods.
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A Case of Orbital Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in an Adult

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2019
Langerhans cell histiocytosis remains an enigmatic disease with a very heterogeneous presentation. We describe a rare case of orbital Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a 39-year-old female patient who presented right orbital pain and edema of the upper ...
Inês Carneiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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