Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare group of disorder, due to clonal neoplastic proliferation of dendritic cells in the bone marrow expressing a Langerhans cell phenotype.1 This disease particularly affects the pediatric age group and young adults and often presents with skin rashes, lung...

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Autores principales: Thara Pratap, Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal, Rashmi R., Anupama Gopalakrishnabhakthan, Vishnu AK
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6add82e5379248cd94505bbcf51f6ef42021-11-13T23:32:30ZHepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases0971-30261998-380810.1055/s-0041-1735505https://doaj.org/article/6add82e5379248cd94505bbcf51f6ef42021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1735505https://doaj.org/toc/0971-3026https://doaj.org/toc/1998-3808Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare group of disorder, due to clonal neoplastic proliferation of dendritic cells in the bone marrow expressing a Langerhans cell phenotype.1 This disease particularly affects the pediatric age group and young adults and often presents with skin rashes, lung infiltrates, and bone lesions. It can also manifest with endocrine dysfunction and hematopoietic disorders. Involvement of gastrointestinal tract is very rare. Herein, we present a spectrum of three cases with gastrointestinal involvement.Thara PratapMuhammed Jasim Abdul JalalRashmi R.Anupama GopalakrishnabhakthanVishnu AKThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articlehistiocytosislangerhans cellnodulargastrointestinalalanine aminotransferaseMedical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicineR895-920ENIndian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Vol 31, Iss 03, Pp 670-677 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic histiocytosis
langerhans cell
nodular
gastrointestinal
alanine aminotransferase
Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
R895-920
spellingShingle histiocytosis
langerhans cell
nodular
gastrointestinal
alanine aminotransferase
Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
R895-920
Thara Pratap
Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal
Rashmi R.
Anupama Gopalakrishnabhakthan
Vishnu AK
Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases
description Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare group of disorder, due to clonal neoplastic proliferation of dendritic cells in the bone marrow expressing a Langerhans cell phenotype.1 This disease particularly affects the pediatric age group and young adults and often presents with skin rashes, lung infiltrates, and bone lesions. It can also manifest with endocrine dysfunction and hematopoietic disorders. Involvement of gastrointestinal tract is very rare. Herein, we present a spectrum of three cases with gastrointestinal involvement.
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author Thara Pratap
Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal
Rashmi R.
Anupama Gopalakrishnabhakthan
Vishnu AK
author_facet Thara Pratap
Muhammed Jasim Abdul Jalal
Rashmi R.
Anupama Gopalakrishnabhakthan
Vishnu AK
author_sort Thara Pratap
title Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases
title_short Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases
title_full Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases
title_fullStr Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases
title_full_unstemmed Hepatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Involvement in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis—Spectrum of Three Cases
title_sort hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal involvement in langerhans cell histiocytosis—spectrum of three cases
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/6add82e5379248cd94505bbcf51f6ef4
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