Laryngeal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Neck Mass in an Adult Woman

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a very rare condition that commonly affects the head and neck region. There are very few cases of isolated laryngeal involvement by LCH, mostly reported in pediatric patients. Here, we report a case of laryngeal LCH in a 62-year-old woman presenting with a neck...

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Autores principales: Jahandideh, Hesam, Nasoori, Yasser, Rostami, Sara, Safdarian, Mahdi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27127670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2175856
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author Jahandideh, Hesam
Nasoori, Yasser
Rostami, Sara
Safdarian, Mahdi
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description Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a very rare condition that commonly affects the head and neck region. There are very few cases of isolated laryngeal involvement by LCH, mostly reported in pediatric patients. Here, we report a case of laryngeal LCH in a 62-year-old woman presenting with a neck mass several weeks ago. The clinical and histopathological findings are reported with a brief discussion about the disease.
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spelling pubmed-48356422016-04-28 Laryngeal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Neck Mass in an Adult Woman Jahandideh, Hesam Nasoori, Yasser Rostami, Sara Safdarian, Mahdi Case Rep Otolaryngol Case Report Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a very rare condition that commonly affects the head and neck region. There are very few cases of isolated laryngeal involvement by LCH, mostly reported in pediatric patients. Here, we report a case of laryngeal LCH in a 62-year-old woman presenting with a neck mass several weeks ago. The clinical and histopathological findings are reported with a brief discussion about the disease. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4835642/ /pubmed/27127670 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2175856 Text en Copyright © 2016 Hesam Jahandideh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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Laryngeal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Neck Mass in an Adult Woman
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title_full Laryngeal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Neck Mass in an Adult Woman
title_fullStr Laryngeal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Neck Mass in an Adult Woman
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title_short Laryngeal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Neck Mass in an Adult Woman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835642/
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