Progressive nodular histiocytosis in a child with a hypothalamic tumor.
We report a 13-year-old girl with multiple cutaneous histiocytic lesions, precocious puberty, growth hormone deficiency and a hypothalamic tumour. We conclude that she has progressive nodular histiocytosis, but this case illustrates the difficulty in differentiating the type II histiocytoses.
Beswick
S J
SJ
Department of Dermatology, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK. sam66@ic24.net
Kirk
J M W
JM
Bradshaw
K
K
Sanders
D S A
DS
Moss
C
C
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D004393:Dwarfism, Pituitary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome