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Intermediate-dose cytarabine is an effective therapy for adults with non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
Background Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, including Erdheim–Chester disease (ECD), Rosai–Dorfman disease (RDD), indeterminate cell histiocytosis (ICH), and unclassified histiocytosis, is a rare disorder lacking a standard treatment strategy.
Ting Liu, Hua-cong Cai, Hao Cai, Miao Chen, Wei Zhang, Jian Li, Dao-bin Zhou, Xin-xin Cao   +7 more
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Renovascular Hypertension: Unraveling a Case of Mixed Histiocytosis

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 2023
Renovascular hypertension is a cause of secondary hypertension. Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis and fibromuscular dysplasia are the main causes, but other rare entities can involve the renal arteries.
Pedro Marques, Joana Tender Vieira, Inês M. de Sá, André Carvalho, João Rocha-Neves, Irene Gullo, Edite Pereira, José Manuel Lopes, Jorge Almeida   +8 more
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Adult-onset of Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a clinical case

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2021
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is mainly diagnosed in children, and its manifestation in adult age is quite uncommon. Skin rashes may be non-specific and mimic a number of dermatoses.
Olga V. Chernysheva, Olga V. Dorokhina, Albina N. Khlebnikova, Elena V. Selezneva   +3 more
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Radiotherapy in langerhans cell histiocytosis : a rare indication in a rare disease [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) represents a rare benign disorder, previously designated as "Histiocytosis X", "Type II Histiocytosis" or "Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis".
Bruns, Frank, Büntzel, Jens, Eich, Hans Theodor, Haverkamp, Uwe, Heyd, Reinhard, Kriz, Jan, Micke, Oliver, Schäfer, Ulrich, Seegenschmiedt, Heinrich   +8 more
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Adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis with a rare BRAF V600E and V600D mutation, diagnosed through oral manifestations

Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2022
Langerhans cell histiocytosis, is a rare disorder characterized by an aberrant proliferation of Langerhans-type cells that infiltrates and replaces the involved tissues.
Soukaïna Oujdad, Saadia Zafad, Hicham El Attar, Ihsane Ben Yahya   +3 more
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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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Case of Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in a Person Living with HIV - Clinical and Therapeutic Challenge

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2022
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease which seldom affects adults. We report a case of a 32-year-old Bulgarian woman living with HIV. She developed severe anemia, extreme splenomegaly, requiring splenectomy and vertebral tumor formations ...
Nina Yancheva, Dimitar Strashimirov, Dragomir Dardanov, Bojidar Kamenov, Atanas Radinoff   +4 more
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Langerhans-Cell Histiocytoses - Epidemiology, Classification, Clinical Features, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment and Prognosis [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2016
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 ...
Vera Papochieva, Dimitrinka Miteva, Penka Perenovska, Guergana Petrova   +3 more
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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
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A case of disseminated extranodal Rosai–Dorfman disease diagnosed by skin manifestations

Journal of Cutaneous Immunology and Allergy, 2023
Rosai–Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare non‐Langerhans cell histiocytosis that was first described as sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy by Rosai and Dorfman in 1969.
Shintaro Saito, Akihiko Uchiyama, Yayoi Shibusawa, Sei‐ichiro Motegi   +3 more
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