Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis: difficulty in establishing diagnosis (a case report)
Abstract
A case of Langerhans’ cell histiocytosisthat previously diagnosed as tuberculous osteomyelitis,
focusing on difficulty in diagnosis.
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management of osteomyelitis. Am Fam Phisician 2001;
63:2413-20.
2. Stull MA, Kransdorf MJ, Devaney KO. Langerhans cell
histiocytosis of bone. Radiographic 1992;12:801-23.
3. Unpublished data. Hematology-Oncology division,
Department of Child Health, Medical Faculty of Airlangga
University, Dr. Soetomo Hospital Surabaya.
4. Arush MWB, Pearce JM. Assessment of bone lesions. In:
Hochberg Z, editor. Practical algorithms in pediatric
hematology and oncology. Basel: Karger; 2003. p. 84-5.
5. Lau AS, Uba A, Lehman D. Bone and joint infections. In:
Rudolph A, Kamei R, Overby KJ, editors. Rudolph’s
fundamentals of pediatrics. 3 rd edition. New York: McGraw-
Hill; 2002. p. 364-70.
6. Churcill RB. Infections of bones, joints, and soft tissues. In:
Rudolph CD, Rudolph AM, Hostetter MK, Lister G, Siegel
NJ, editors. Rudolph’s pediatrics. 21 st edition. New York:
McGraw Hill; 2003. p. 904-9.
7. Barr DGD. Disorder of the skeleton. In: Hendrickse RG, Barr
DGD, Matthews TS, editors. Pediatrics in the tropics. Oxford:
Blackwell Scientific Publications; 1991. p. 410-33.
8. American Thoracic Society. Diagnostic standards and
classification of tuberculosis in adults and children. Am J
Respir Crit Care Med 2000;161:1376–95.
9. West DC. Bone tumor. In: Rudolph A, Kamei R, Overby KJ,
editors. Rudolph’s fundamentals of pediatrics. 3 rd edition.
New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002. p. 585-9.
10. Senac MO, Isaacs H, Gwinn JL. Primary lesions of bone in
the 1 st decade of life: retrospective survey of biopsy results.
Radiology 1986;160:491-5.
11. Sessa S, Sommelet D, Lascombes P, Prevot J. Treatment of
langerhans-cell histiocytosis in children. Experience at the
children’s hospital of Nancy. J Bone Joint Surg Am
1994;76:1513-25.
12. Cheyne C. Histiocytosis X. J Bone Joint Surg 1971;
53B:366-82.
13. Akerman M. Bone. In: Orell SR, Sterrett GF, Whitaker D,
editors. Fine needle aspiration cytology. 4 th edition.
Livingstone: Elsevier Churchill; 2005. p. 433-44.
14. Ladisch S, Jafe ES. Histiocytoses. In: Pizzo PA, Poplack DG,
editors. Principles and practice of pediatric oncology. 4 th
edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2002.
p. 733-50.
15. Ladisch S. Histiocytosis syndromes in childhood. In: Behrman
RE, Kliegman RM, Jenson HB, editors. Nelson Textbook of
Pediatrics. 17 th edition. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2004. p.
1727-30.
16. Craze JL, Pritchard J. Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis: a case
history. Ann Onc 1996;7:89-94.
Published
2008-02-29
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Kusumadewi A, Setiawati L, Permono B. Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis: difficulty in establishing diagnosis (a case report). PI [Internet]. 29Feb.2008 [cited 26Apr.2024];48(1):49-3. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/466
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Received 2016-09-05
Accepted 2016-09-05
Published 2008-02-29
Accepted 2016-09-05
Published 2008-02-29
