Isolated vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis: Report of two cases

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 278-283

  Padula, Anthony ^a   Medeiros, L Jeffrey ^a   Silva, Elvio G ^a   Deavers, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Vulva

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN; THALIDOMIDE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LANGERHANS CELL; MOUTH DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; TISSUE SECTION; VULVA DISEASE; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3042782737     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pgp.0000130042.31203.b0     Document Type: Article

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