Histiocytic Diseases of Neonates: Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Rosai-Dorfman Disease, and Juvenile Xanthogranuloma.

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Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Rosai-Dorfman disease, and juvenile xanthogranuloma may present at birth or any time afterward. Some patients have minimal skin or lymph node involvement, but others present with life-threatening pulmonary, hepatic, bone marrow, or central nervous system lesions. There is often a delay in diagnosis because of confusing overlap with more common neonatal diseases. Many treatment...

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