Year: 2019
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: LCH in the skin, bones, lymph nodes or pituitary gland usually gets better with treatment and is called low-risk.Some patients have involvement in the spleen, liver, bone marrow, lung and skeleton.This is called high-risk disease and may be more difficult to treat.This study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, SGT Medical College, Gurugram (Haryana).The result of this study revealed that Hepatitis along with above findings suggestive of langerhans cell histiocytosis.So this diagnosis was made in advanced stage of disease.This case had all the typical findings (symptoms & signs), but even then it took considerable time to come to the correct diagnosis of advanced stage of langerhans cell histiocytosis.Though presenting rarely, this case was interesting enough to discuss.
Authors: Jyoti Arora, Pankaj Mehta, Vijay Kumar Roy, Vandita Sharma, Amit Kumar
Institution: Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3028217109