Perianal presentation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis | Zendy

Yelda Dere | Zendy; Cem Şahin | Zendy; Serkan Yaşar Çelik | Zendy; Özgür İlhan Çelik | Zendy; Asude Kara | Zendy; Gürsoy Doğan | Zendy

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Perianal presentation of Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Author(s) -

Yelda Dere,

Cem Şahin,

Serkan Yaşar Çelik,

Özgür İlhan Çelik,

Asude Kara,

Gürsoy Doğan

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

dermatologica sinica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.604

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2223-330X

pISSN - 1027-8117

DOI - 10.1016/j.dsi.2015.09.003

Subject(s) - intertriginous , langerhans cell histiocytosis , medicine , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , scalp , langerhans cell , histiocyte , histiocytosis , rare disease , disease , immunology , surgery , immune system

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare and heterogeneous disease caused by clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells which are one of the members of the monocyte macrophage system. The incidence of LCH in adults is extremely rare: 1–2/million. Symptoms include dermatological lesions, typically seen as seborrheic-like dermatitis of the scalp, in addition to petechial lesions in intertriginous areas. Perianal ulcerative lesions are an extremely rare type of skin manifestation. Herein, we report a case of perianal presentation of LCH in an adult patient

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