ISSN:
1365-2230
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) most frequently involves bone, but also involves the skin in 40% of cases; in 10% of patients it is limited to the skin. Cutaneous findings of skin-limited LCH are scaly papules, vesicles, nodules, tumours with erosion, ulceration, or crusting and/or purpura. We report a case of widespread adult-onset LCH confined to skin in which topical carmustine, photochemotherapy, systemic steroids, and 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine were only partially effective. However, longer remission was achieved by the use of subcutaneous interferon-α2b.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.00989.x
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