title: Isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the vulva in an infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine Chungnam National University, Daejeon 301-721, Korea.
authors.forename: Chul
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Yu Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Joon
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Jang Kyu
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jeung Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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*