Open AccessLetterer-Siwe disease
Author(s) -
И. Ф. Шалыга,
Г. В. Тищенко,
L. A. Martemyanova,
S. Yu. Turchenko,
Yu. N. Avizhets
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2018-15-2-20
Subject(s) - disease , histiocytosis , medicine , dermatology , histiocytosis x , pathology
The article describes a case of Letterer-Siwe disease (Langerhans cells histocytosis, histiocytosis X) in a 1-year-old infant, presents the authors` own observations focusing on the macroscopic and histological picture of skin lesions. The work also notes difficulties of diagnosis of this disease. Reliable morphological features of Letterer-Siwe disease were revealed during the histologic examination of the skin.