Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis with extrapulmonary involvement.
Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis is defined as an abnormal Langerhans cells infiltration in the lungs. Multifocal involvement is unusual, however. We report 3 cases of pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis combined with either rib, thyroid or hypothalamus involvement.
Chern
Ming-Sheng
MS
Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
Ko
James Shih-Chi
JS
Wu
Mei-Han
MH
Tsai
Tsung-Tsung
TT
Li
Wing-Yin
WY
Teng
Michael Mu-Hou
MM
Chou
Yi-Hong
YH
Chang
Cheng-Yen
CY
Chang
Shi-Chuan
SC
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology