Vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a case report

Langerhans cell histiocytoses (LCH) are a rare group of disorders that comprise a large spectrum of diseases initially known as histiocytosis X. In this case report, we relate a case of LCH affecting the vulva of a 47-year-old female. The patient presented since 3 years with a vulvar lesion characte...

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Autores principales: Khoummane, Nadia, Guimeya, Cyriane, Lipombi, Dominique, Gielen, François
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4232193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25404979
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.119.3204
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author Khoummane, Nadia
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Gielen, François
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description Langerhans cell histiocytoses (LCH) are a rare group of disorders that comprise a large spectrum of diseases initially known as histiocytosis X. In this case report, we relate a case of LCH affecting the vulva of a 47-year-old female. The patient presented since 3 years with a vulvar lesion characterized by non-healing ulcers and a perineal granuloma on which she underwent surgery. Professionals should keep in mind not to treat straightforwardly lesions of the genital tract as simple sexually transmitted diseases. Chronic, atypical genital lesions seen in women need to be worked up and dealt with accordingly.
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spelling pubmed-42321932014-11-17 Vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a case report Khoummane, Nadia Guimeya, Cyriane Lipombi, Dominique Gielen, François Pan Afr Med J Case Report Langerhans cell histiocytoses (LCH) are a rare group of disorders that comprise a large spectrum of diseases initially known as histiocytosis X. In this case report, we relate a case of LCH affecting the vulva of a 47-year-old female. The patient presented since 3 years with a vulvar lesion characterized by non-healing ulcers and a perineal granuloma on which she underwent surgery. Professionals should keep in mind not to treat straightforwardly lesions of the genital tract as simple sexually transmitted diseases. Chronic, atypical genital lesions seen in women need to be worked up and dealt with accordingly. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-06-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4232193/ /pubmed/25404979 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.18.119.3204 Text en © Nadia Khoummane et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of 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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