Cytology of primary cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis with a malignant phenotype. A case report.

doi:10.1159/000326985

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Cytology of primary cutaneous Langerhans cell histiocytosis with a malignant phenotype. A case report.

Acta cytologica - 1 Jan 2000

Itoh Hiroshi, Hinoura Yuji, Aratake Yatsuki, Sato Shinya, Ohno Akinobu, Miyaguni Hitoshi, Kataoka Hiroaki, Koono Masashi

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BACKGROUND: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a proliferative disorder of Langerhans cells, but the nature of LCH, whether reactive, benign, or malignant and neoplastic, is controversial. We encountered a case of LCH showing a malignant phenotype initially localized in the skin of an elderly woman. Since there is no other report on the cytologic appearance of primary cutaneous LCH or on LCH with a malignant...

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Aged
Antigens, CD1
Biopsy, Needle
Cell Nucleus
Female
Histiocytosis
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Langerhans Cells
Phenotype
Recurrence
S100 Proteins
Skin Neoplasms

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PMID: 12146041
DOI: 10.1159/000326985

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