Spontaneous regression of generalized eruptive histiocytosis: possible involvement of apoptosis?
Generalized eruptive histiocytosis (GEH) is a rare generalized non-X histiocytosis, first described in 1963 by Winklemann and Muller. Since then more than 20 patients with GEH, mainly adults but also a few children, have been reported. We report a case of GEH in a middle-aged woman with spontaneous regression, in which the ultrastructural findings of apoptosis were observed.
Tang
Xu
X
Department of Dermatology, Hangzhou 3rd People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China. pandssyhz@hotmail.com
Shen
Hong
H
Xu
Aie
A
Sun
Xiukun
X
Wang
Yiling
Y
Shi
Guifen
G
Kang
Kefei
K
D000328:Adult; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure