Cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis with subsequent development of haematological malignancies. Report of two cases

Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Wollina, Uwe ^a   Kaatz, Martin ^b   Krönert, Claudia ^a   Schönlebe, Jaqueline ^c   Schmalenberg, Harald ^b   Schreiber, Gerhard ^b   Köstler, Erich ^a   Haroske, Gunter ^c  

^a Department of Dermatology Dresden ^*  (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Course; Histiocytosis; Langerhans cell; Pathology; Secondary malignancies; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLADRIBINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IDARUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; PSORALEN; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LANGERHANS CELL; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MALE; MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33746012228     PISSN: 13184458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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