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. 2015 Apr;71(2):197-200.
doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2012.09.004. Epub 2012 Nov 29.

Histiocytosis

D Vashisht  1 , C G Muralidharan  2 , R Sivasubramanian  3 , D K Gupta  4 , Reena Bharadwaj  5 , P Sengupta  6
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Histiocytosis

D Vashisht et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2015 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Parotidomegaly; Seborrhoeic dermatitis.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
Diffuse erythematous plaques and papules with crusting involving face and scalp.
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Multiple, discrete, scaly, red-brown, papules over chest and onychomadesis.
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(A) H&E stained section (×400) of skin showing with reniform nuclei (short arrow) and mixed inflammatory infiltrate including eosinophils (long arrow). (B) IHC staining for CD1a (×100) showing diffuse positivity in histiocytes in the dermis.
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Axial & coronal CT sections show variable sized, bizarre thin walled cysts in upper zones & large cystic changes involving the costophrenic angles.
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Axial & coronal T2W MRI images show large cystic changes in the parotid & submandibular glands bilaterally.
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