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Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound Findings Associated With Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Preto-Zamperlini Marcela,
Weerdenburg Kirstin,
Zamperlini-Netto Gabriele,
Fischer Jason W.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.15.05030
Subject(s) - medicine , langerhans cell histiocytosis , emergency department , skull , emergency ultrasound , scalp , point of care ultrasound , histiocytosis , langerhans cell , ultrasound , pathology , dermatology , disease , radiology , surgery , immunology , antigen , psychiatry
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease characterized by clonal proliferation of Langerhans‐type cells, causing local or systemic effects. One of the most affected sites in children is the skull. We describe 2 cases of children presenting to the pediatric emergency department with symptoms isolated to the scalp and the point‐of‐care focused skull ultrasound findings, which assisted in the diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in both cases.