title: Spontaneous regression of generalized eruptive histiocytosis: possible involvement of apoptosis?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Hangzhou 3rd People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China. pandssyhz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Aie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xiukun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yiling
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guifen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Kefei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: 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