Spontaneously regressed Langerhans cell histiocytosis of lymp nodes in an elderly patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 1757-1760

  Takahashi, Tohru ^a   Yoshimoto, Mitsuru ^a   Kondoh, Nobuo ^b  

^a Teshi Hospital   (Japan)

^b GLab Pathology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histiocytosis; Langerhans; Regression

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LANGERIN; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 35748931805     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0356     Document Type: Article

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