Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X) of bone a clinicopathologic analysis of 263 pediatric and adult cases
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Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Introduction: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), which was previously known as histiocytosis X, refers to a group of lesions that stimulate uncontrolled proliferation of cells. The purpose of this case was to report and describe a LCH case with mandibular bone involvement in a 2.5-year-old boy. Case reports: A 2.5 years old boy with LCH of mandibular jaw who has been treated by surgical inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19951215)76:12<2471::aid-cncr2820761211>3.0.co;2-z