Article
[Adult pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis].
La Revue de medecine interne - 1 Apr 2003
Soler P, Valeyre D
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Adult pulmonary Langerhans'cell histiocytosis, also referred to as histiocytosis X, is a disorder of unknown etiology which affects preferentially young smokers. The disease is characterized by granulomatous lesions which progressively invade and destroy distal airways, leading to the formation of characteristic cicatricial kystic lesions. Florid granulomas contain numerous Langerhans'cells,...
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