Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: A review of literature with three additional cases

• LCH of the female reproductive tract has four patterns of involvement. • A comprehensive literature review revealed 35 cases of pure genital LCH. • We report two new cases of pure LCH lesions of the vulva and one of the cervix. • Treatment of LCH varies and there is no standard for pure genital in...

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Autores principales: Wieland, Rebekah, Flanagan, Jenna, Everett, Elise, Mount, Sharon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Series
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.08.005
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author Wieland, Rebekah
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description • LCH of the female reproductive tract has four patterns of involvement. • A comprehensive literature review revealed 35 cases of pure genital LCH. • We report two new cases of pure LCH lesions of the vulva and one of the cervix. • Treatment of LCH varies and there is no standard for pure genital involvement. • Prognosis of LCH confined to the gynecologic tract appears to be favorable.
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spelling pubmed-55962622017-09-20 Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: A review of literature with three additional cases Wieland, Rebekah Flanagan, Jenna Everett, Elise Mount, Sharon Gynecol Oncol Rep Case Series • LCH of the female reproductive tract has four patterns of involvement. • A comprehensive literature review revealed 35 cases of pure genital LCH. • We report two new cases of pure LCH lesions of the vulva and one of the cervix. • Treatment of LCH varies and there is no standard for pure genital involvement. • Prognosis of LCH confined to the gynecologic tract appears to be favorable. Elsevier 2017-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5596262/ /pubmed/28932806 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.08.005 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: A review of literature with three additional cases
title Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: A review of literature with three additional cases
title_full Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: A review of literature with three additional cases
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title_full_unstemmed Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: A review of literature with three additional cases
title_short Langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: A review of literature with three additional cases
title_sort langerhans cell histiocytosis limited to the female genital tract: a review of literature with three additional cases
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5596262/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2017.08.005
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