title: Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Current concepts in dentistry and case report.
abstract: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), which is a rare granulomatous pediatric disease of unknown etiology, is characterized by the idiopathic proliferation and accumulation of abnormal and clonal Langerhans cells or their marrow precursors, resulting in localized, solitary or multiple destructive lesions. These lesions are most commonly eosinophilic granuloma, which are found in craniofacial bone structures such as the skull and mandible, skin and other organs. In children, the disease has a variable initial presentation, and the clinical course, prognosis and survival are unpredictable. The aims of this report were to present an LCH case in a girl aged 2 years, 8 months and her clinicopathological features, to describe the bucodental management provided, and to discuss special dental considerations of this disease.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Children, dental management, histiocytosis, Langerhans cells.
authors: DDS, Resident, Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, SLP, Mexico.
authors: Efraín
authors: E
authors: Ramos-Gutiérrez
authors: MD, MS, Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, SLP, Mexico.
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Alejo-González
authors: DDS, MS, Chairman, Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, SLP, Mexico.
authors: Socorro
authors: S
authors: Ruiz-Rodríguez
authors: DDS, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, SLP, Mexico.
authors: José-Arturo
authors: JA
authors: Garrocho-Rangel
authors: DDS, MS, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis Potosi University, SLP, Mexico.
authors: Amaury
authors: A
authors: Pozos-Guillén