Recurrent pulmonary infections as the first presentation of Letterer Siwe disease

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease of unknown etiology that affects several organs. The fatal type of Langerhans cell histiocytosis is called Letterer Siwe disease (LSD) which is multisystem with a poor prognosis. Herein, we report a 20-month-old male who was admitted for recurren...

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Autores principales: Doya, Leen Jamel, Dib, Ghazal, Hassan, Fouz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34306724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omab058
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description Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease of unknown etiology that affects several organs. The fatal type of Langerhans cell histiocytosis is called Letterer Siwe disease (LSD) which is multisystem with a poor prognosis. Herein, we report a 20-month-old male who was admitted for recurrent pulmonary infections at the age of 10 months. Diagnostic workup revealed a Letterer-Siwe disease. The patient was treated with a good response.
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spelling pubmed-82976342021-07-23 Recurrent pulmonary infections as the first presentation of Letterer Siwe disease Doya, Leen Jamel Dib, Ghazal Hassan, Fouz Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease of unknown etiology that affects several organs. The fatal type of Langerhans cell histiocytosis is called Letterer Siwe disease (LSD) which is multisystem with a poor prognosis. Herein, we report a 20-month-old male who was admitted for recurrent pulmonary infections at the age of 10 months. Diagnostic workup revealed a Letterer-Siwe disease. The patient was treated with a good response. Oxford University Press 2021-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8297634/ /pubmed/34306724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omab058 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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