Isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the vulva in an infant.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis affecting only the vulva of a child is very rare. We report a 1-year-old female infant with isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting as pruritic papules confined to the vulva, confirmed by histopathology with immunohistochemical staining.
Hwang
Chul
C
Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine Chungnam National University, Daejeon 301-721, Korea.
Kim
Yu Jin
YJ
Seo
Young Joon
YJ
Park
Jang Kyu
JK
Lee
Jeung Hoon
JH
Lee
Young
Y
D001706:Biopsy; D020405:Dermis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000473:pathology*