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Clinicopathological features and BRAFV600E mutations in patients with isolated hypothalamic-pituitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Diagnostic pathology - 19 Oct 2016
Huo Zhen, Lu Tao, Liang Zhiyong, Ping Fan, Shen Jie, Lu Jingjing, Ma Wenbing, Zhao Dachun, Zhong Dingrong
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BACKGROUND: Isolated hypothalamic-pituitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (HPLCH) is very rare. We investigated the clinicopathological characteristics, endocrine function changes, BRAFV600E mutations and treatments of isolated HPLCH. METHODS: We identified seven patients with isolated HPLCH by reviewing the clinical and pathological files in our hospital from 2007 to 2015. The clinical characteristics of the...
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