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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
Abstract excerpt
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 r...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Diabetes Insipidus, Neurogenic
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell
- Humans
- Hypothalamic Diseases
- Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Middle Aged
