[Self-healing Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a child: case report and literature review].
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is an entity of Langerhans cell with its proto-cell proliferating locally or disseminatively. Children below 3 years old always present an acute disseminated type. The responsible cell involves in multiple systems and the viscera, so it often undergoes a poor prognosis. Without medical interference, the natural course of the disease may be within 6 months. But in this paper, a 19-month-old child was reported who was diagnosed Langerhans cell histiocytosis by biopsy and self-healed without treatment. After over 9 years of follow-up, no recurrence was found.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
Jin-ye
JY
Fu
Yong-jie
YJ
Hu
Chen-ping
CP
Zhang
Li-zhen
LZ
Wang
D002648:Child; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous