title: [Acute disseminated histiocytosis X. Presentation of a case].
abstract: The AA. report a case of acute, diffuse histiocytosis X with an unfavourable course observed in a child of 33 months. The histological diagnosis, formulated on the basis of specimen taken from a skin nodule, was confirmed by ultrastructural observation of Birbeck bodies in the cytoplasm of proliferating Langerhans cells.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santa Cruz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dessy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corrias
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Puxeddu
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nurchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frau
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Istiocitosi x acuta disseminata. Presentazione di un caso.