Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis with thyroid involvement manifesting as recurrent bilateral pneumothorax and tension bullae in a 3-year-old child

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH) is a well known entity in adults but is exceedingly rare in children. The main complication of PLCH is the occurrence of pneumothorax (PTX) and tension bullae with subsequent recurrence and persistence despite conservative management. CASE...

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Autores principales: Yokoyama, Satoshi, Nakaoka, Tatsuo, Fukao, Daisuke, Yokoyama, Koji, Hara, Shigeto, Hamahata, Keigo, Yoshida, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6600041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31254905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2019.06.027

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