Letterer-Siwe disease and subacute monocytic leukemia.
We report a case of typical Letterer-Siwe disease associated with a subacute monocytic leukemia in a 75-year-old man. The simultaneous presentation of both diseases is rare. It may be speculated that our patient did not present a chance association of two different processes but a disorder of the Langerhans cell-mononuclear phagocytic system lineage.
Claudy
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University Hospital, Hôspital Nord, Service de Dermatologie, France.
Larbre
B
B
Colomb
M
M
Levigne
V
V
Deville
V
V
D000368:Aged; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007801:Langerhans Cells / Q000276:immunology; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male