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- Title
Purely Cutaneous Langerhans' Cell Histiocytosis in an Adult Woman.
- Authors
Campanati, Anna; Simonetti, Oriana; Marconi, Barbara; Giuliodori, Katia; Ganzetti, Giulia; Brandozzi, Giuliano; Bernardini, Maria Luisa; Ranaldi, Renzo; Offidani, Annamaria
- Abstract
Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a clonal, histiocytic, proliferative disorder of unknown aetiology originating from Langerhans' cells. Although the clinical presentation and therapeutic approach to the disease in children have been well established, few data are available concerning the disease in adults. Moreover, unique cutaneous involvement by LCH in a woman older than 70 years has been described very rarely. We report here a case of a 75-year-old woman with cutaneous LCH confined to the inframammary fold, and highlight some medical problems regarding the management of a purely cutaneous form of LCH in adults.
- Subjects
LANGERHANS cells; EPIDERMAL diseases; ETIOLOGY of diseases; RETICULUM cell sarcoma; DISEASES in older women
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2009, Vol 89, Issue 3, p299
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2340/00015555-0614