Disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis-an interesting case report with concise review of literature.

Chatterjee, T; Naithani, Rahul; Agrawal, Neerja; Bhattacharya, Jina; Bhattacharya, Maitraii; Dutta, P; Pati, H P; Mahapatra, M; Choudhary, V P

Disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis-an interesting case report with concise review of literature.

Date

2006-04-29

Authors

Bhattacharya, Maitraii

Abstract

A 2-year-old boy presented with fever, recurrent infections and multiple skin lesions. He had anemia, eczematous skin lesions, cervical lymph node enlargement, hepatomegaly and lytic lesions on skull x-ray. The skin infiltrates were CD 68, CD 1a positive and S100 positive. He was diagnosed as disseminated langerhans cell histiocytosis. The occurrence of histiocytosis is reviewed and possible treatment is discussed.

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Citation

Chatterjee T, Naithani R, Agrawal N, Bhattacharya J, Bhattacharya M, Dutta P, Pati HP, Mahapatra M, Choudhary VP. Disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis-an interesting case report with concise review of literature. Indian Journal of Pathology & Microbiology. 2006 Apr; 49(2): 248-50