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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Langerhans cell histiocytosis histiocytosis, Langerhans cell

Body Site

hand

Age

2 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

A 2 year old girl with poor growth, chronic otitis media, hepatomegaly, and lymphadenopathy developed a crusted hemorrhagic eruption in the scalp extending to the ear, neck, trunk and extremities. A skin biopsy from a crusted papule showed typical changes of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

Description

crusted hemorrhagic papules

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors)

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7/8/2001 20:57:29

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