[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.
Fu
Jin-ye
JY
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.
Hu
Yong-jie
YJ
Zhang
Chen-ping
CP
Wang
Li-zhen
LZ
D002648:Child; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell; D006801:Humans; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous