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BRAF V600E-Positive Congenital Multisite Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) usually manifests as a disease limited to the skin, with self-healing characteristics; however, in some cases, it may be a more severe entity, with multisystemic expression and poor prognosis. We present the case of a patient diagnosed with multisystemi...

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Autores principales: Prada Avella, Maria Camila, Suárez, Amaranto, Contreras, Sharon, Calderon, Alejandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33033678
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10200
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author Prada Avella, Maria Camila
Suárez, Amaranto
Contreras, Sharon
Calderon, Alejandra
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description Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) usually manifests as a disease limited to the skin, with self-healing characteristics; however, in some cases, it may be a more severe entity, with multisystemic expression and poor prognosis. We present the case of a patient diagnosed with multisystemic congenital LCH, with the presence of the BRAF V600E mutation, with a severe form of the disease, with risk organ compromise, and manifestations of resistance to chemotherapy. This case is a challenge due to the disease's biologically aggressive behavior in this patient. It presents unique treatment difficulties as a result of inherent resistance to conventional therapy and uncertain response to BRAF inhibitors.
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spelling pubmed-75328722020-10-07 BRAF V600E-Positive Congenital Multisite Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Prada Avella, Maria Camila Suárez, Amaranto Contreras, Sharon Calderon, Alejandra Cureus Pediatrics Congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) usually manifests as a disease limited to the skin, with self-healing characteristics; however, in some cases, it may be a more severe entity, with multisystemic expression and poor prognosis. We present the case of a patient diagnosed with multisystemic congenital LCH, with the presence of the BRAF V600E mutation, with a severe form of the disease, with risk organ compromise, and manifestations of resistance to chemotherapy. This case is a challenge due to the disease's biologically aggressive behavior in this patient. It presents unique treatment difficulties as a result of inherent resistance to conventional therapy and uncertain response to BRAF inhibitors. Cureus 2020-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7532872/ /pubmed/33033678 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10200 Text en Copyright © 2020, Prada Avella et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 author and source are credited.
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Prada Avella, Maria Camila
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title BRAF V600E-Positive Congenital Multisite Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
title_full BRAF V600E-Positive Congenital Multisite Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
title_fullStr BRAF V600E-Positive Congenital Multisite Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
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title_short BRAF V600E-Positive Congenital Multisite Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
title_sort braf v600e-positive congenital multisite langerhans cell histiocytosis
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33033678
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10200
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