title: Disseminated Langerhans cell histiocytosis-an interesting case report with concise review of literature.
abstract: A 2-year-old boy presented with fever, recurrent infections and multiple skin lesions. He had anemia, eczematous skin lesions, cervical lymph node enlargement, hepatomegaly and lytic lesions on skull x-ray. The skin infiltrates were CD 68, CD 1a positive and S100 positive. He was diagnosed as disseminated langerhans cell histiocytosis. The occurrence of histiocytosis is reviewed and possible treatment is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, AIIMS, New Delhi.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Naithani
authors.forename: Neerja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Jina
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Maitraii
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Pati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Choudhary
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000378:metabolism; D018949:Antigens, CD1 / Q000378:metabolism; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000378:metabolism; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000097382:CD68 Molecule
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018949:Antigens, CD1; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; D009418:S100 Proteins; C419393:CD1a antigen; C067980:CD68 antigen, human; D000097382:CD68 Molecule