title: Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis: the self-healing variety.
abstract: Congenital self-healing Langerhans cell histiocytosis (CSHLCH) is a rare variant of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, presenting at birth or in the neonatal period with cutaneous lesions that involute spontaneously. Affected infants are otherwise well with no systemic illness. A case of CSHLCH, probably the first case report from India, is described. The patient presented on the third day of life with multiple papulonodular lesions over the body, with no systemic involvement. The lesions spontaneously regressed by 6 months of age, with no evidence of relapse at 1 year of age. Although CSHLCH is a benign and self-limited condition, long-term follow-up for evidence of relapse is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, VM Medical College & Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India. mandeepkaurwalia@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mandeep
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walia
authors.forename: Premila
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Sharmila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors