Pure vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A case report and literature review

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 691-694

  Triantafyllidou, O ^a   Giannakopoulos, K ^a   Pergialiotis, V ^a   Simou, M ^a   Lagkadas, A ^a   Alexandrou, P ^b  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Treatment; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA PRURITUS;

ANTIGENS, CD1; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; VULVAR DISEASES;

EID: 70949101122     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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