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Langerhans sarcoma: rare neoplasm
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Aggressive tumor known to involve multiple organs, bone marrow, skin
Washington - Langerhans cell sarcoma is a rare neoplasm that can involve multiple organs, including lymph nodes, bone, lung, bone marrow, skin, and brain. A single, cutaneous tumor is an unusual primary presentation, said Tammie Ferringer, M.D., dermatopathology fellow at the Medical University of South Carolina.
She described the pathology of an extremely rare dermatologie case at the 7th Joint Meeting of the ...
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Multiple langerhans cell nodules in an incidental thymectomy
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
; Case Reports * The isolated appearance of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in the thymus is quite rare. We report the finding of multiple small Langerhans cell nodules in the thymus of an 11 month-old infant who had undergone thymectomy in the course of surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot. The
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Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis and Other Pulmonary Histiocytic Diseases: A Review
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
; * Context.-Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis is the most common and best known pulmonary histocytic lesion; however, the realm of pulmonary histiocytic lesions also includes an assortment of uncommon diseases that may exhibit pulmonary involvement. Objective.-To review pulmonary Langerhans
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Coexpression of CD1a, langerin and Birbeck's granules in Langerhans cell histiocytoses (LCH) in children: ultrastructural and immunocytochemical studies
Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
; Abstract: Langerhans cell histiocytoses (LCH) represent rare diseases of unclear etiology and pathogenesis. Most of the cases include children, 1 to 15 years of age, and various organs are involved (bones, skin, liver, lymph nodes, bone marrow and other). The diagnosis of LCH used to be established
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis of skin: A clinicopathologic analysis of five cases
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
; Introduction Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a proliferative disorder of histiocytes that is characterized by heterogenous clinical manifestations and an unpredictable course.[1] LCH includes diseases previously designated as histiocytosis X, eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease,
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Sudden Death of a Patient With Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
; We report a case of sudden death due to bilateral pneumothorax in a previously healthy 16-year-old adolescent white girl. She presented with sudden onset of shortness of breath followed by loss of consciousness. Postmortem chest radiograph showed bilateral pneumothoraces. Autopsy confirmed the
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