Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: Pathology, imaging and treatment of skeletal involvement

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-115

  Azouz, E Michel ^a   Saigal, Gaurav ^b   Rodriguez, Maria M ^a   Podda, Antonello ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granuloma; Histiocytosis; Imaging; Langerhans' cell; Pathology; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ARABINOSIDE; CLADRIBINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOSINE; ETOPOSIDE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

BONE DISEASE; BONE MARROW; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALVARIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTIOCYTE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LANGERHANS CELL; MANDIBLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RIB; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SKULL INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 12344287034     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1262-0     Document Type: Review

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