title: A gluteal mass of langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy in a two-year-old boy: a case report.
abstract: Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a disease primarily affects the bone. More than 50 percent of the disease occurs between the age of 1 and 15. We reported a case of a 2 year old boy who presented with a gluteal mass. Radiographic imaging showed an osteolytic lesion suspicious of malignancy. However, the histological diagnosis was Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak UNIMAS 93400 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Zainal Abidin
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Wong Siong
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Lung
authors.forename: Pan Kok
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Long