Diagnosis of Primary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Vulva in a Postmenopausal Woman

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a very rare disease of female genital tract, most commonly seen in vulva and unusual in postmenopausal period. Herein, we report the 8th case of pure vulvar LCH in a postmenopausal woman. We pay attention to the differential diagnosis in postmenopausal state, f...

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Autores principales: Kurt, Sefa, Canda, Mehmet Tunc, Kopuz, Aycan, Solakoglu Kahraman, Dudu, Tasyurt, Abdullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3787643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24109536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/962670
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author Kurt, Sefa
Canda, Mehmet Tunc
Kopuz, Aycan
Solakoglu Kahraman, Dudu
Tasyurt, Abdullah
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description Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a very rare disease of female genital tract, most commonly seen in vulva and unusual in postmenopausal period. Herein, we report the 8th case of pure vulvar LCH in a postmenopausal woman. We pay attention to the differential diagnosis in postmenopausal state, features of pathologic diagnosis, and treatment options.
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spelling pubmed-37876432013-10-09 Diagnosis of Primary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Vulva in a Postmenopausal Woman Kurt, Sefa Canda, Mehmet Tunc Kopuz, Aycan Solakoglu Kahraman, Dudu Tasyurt, Abdullah Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a very rare disease of female genital tract, most commonly seen in vulva and unusual in postmenopausal period. Herein, we report the 8th case of pure vulvar LCH in a postmenopausal woman. We pay attention to the differential diagnosis in postmenopausal state, features of pathologic diagnosis, and treatment options. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3787643/ /pubmed/24109536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/962670 Text en Copyright © 2013 Sefa Kurt et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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