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- Title
Hypopigmented and acneiform lesions: An unusual initial presentation of adult-onset multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Authors
Bishnoi, Anuradha; De, Dipankar; Khullar, Geeti; Parsad, Davinder; Handa, Sanjeev; Vishwajeet, Vikarn; Saikia, Uma Nahar; Prakash, Gaurav
- Abstract
The article presents case studies of patients who developed Langerhans cell histiocytosis which is a rare neoplasm of Langerhans cells. It includes a 35-year-old man who presented with multiple, discrete hypopigmented to depigmented macules on the back and recalcitrant papulopustular lesions with crusting on scalp. It also includes a 21-year-old man who had papulopustular lesions on the face, scalp and back.
- Subjects
LANGERHANS-cell histiocytosis; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases; LYMPHATIC diseases; LANGERHANS cells; HYPOPIGMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis; ACNEIFORM eruptions; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, 2018, Vol 84, Issue 5, p621
- ISSN
0378-6323
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_639_17