Response to subcutaneous therapy with mistletoe in recurrent multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
We report a case of histologically proven multisystem (MS) Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) with recurrent disease reactivations after systemic chemotherapy. Through the use of subcutaneous therapy with mistletoe (MT), an inactive disease state was achieved.
Seifert
Georg
G
Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Otto-Heubner-Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. georg.seifert@charite.de
Laengler
Alfred
A
Tautz
Christoph
C
Seeger
Karl
K
Henze
Günter
G
D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D008297:Male; D014784:Mistletoe; D008517:Phytotherapy; D012008:Recurrence