We report a rare case of solitary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) involving the clavicle of an adult female. The patient was a 32-year-old female presenting with 1 month history of progressive pain, swelling, and tenderness in the region near the left sternoclavicular joint. Radiograph, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging showed an osteolytic lesion in the clavicle with tumo...

During the past 40 years, three previously unrecognized disorders of the reticuloendothelial system have been described : Letterer-Siwe’s disease,’ Hand-Sch#{252}ller-Christian’s disease,24 and eosinophilic granuloma.5’6 Due largely to the influence of Lichtenstein,7 the opinion now prevails that these three disorders are fundamentally related. They differ from one another mainly in terms of pa...

with childhood malignant disease in general. We found that in children of mothers with epilepsy six of the 39 tumours were lymphomas (ICD, ninth revision, categories 200-202); of these six children, one was classified as having Letterer-Siwe disease and two were brothers whose tumours were classified as familial histiocytosis. If the proportion of lymphomas had been the same as that in the stud...

This book in many ways succeeds in being more than the "outline" that it avowedly sets out to be. The concept of "the reticulo-endothelial system" is redrawn. Less is made of the dye-binding and phagocytic properties that have been stressed by Aschoff and Kiyono. These are considered simply a phase in the activity of certain of the cells. The reticular tissue is defined as a "tissue composed of...

StationsOn Eric Gill and the Poetics of Stone Heather H. Yeung (bio) + 1 We begin with rules form: words must be cut fair attention to punchline. Craft determines that letterer punchcutter are not same character. Patience craft both: Of patience there is this said. To patient suffer. By their fruits men know one another, but by sufferings they what are. And suffering merely endurance physical o...

Malignant histiocytosis was first described in 1939 by Scott and Smith as histiocytic medullary reticulosis(1). We report a case of Histiocytosis X in a 2year-old by presenting with chronic discharging ears, which is a rare manifestation of the disease. A 2-year-old boy was admitted with complaints of chronic ear discharge and fever of 1 month duration. He had recurrent vague pain abdomen and l...

The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry Volume 33, Number 2/2008 155 INTRODUCTION The importance of a prompt diagnosis and treatment of periodontitis in children is emphasized by the association between the presence of periodontitis in primary dentition and periodontitis at older ages in the same individual. The 1999 International Workshop for a Classification of Periodontal Diseases and Co...

Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) is the most common opportunistic infection in HIV-infected patients and is considered a clinical marker of disease progression (3). A reduction in the incidence of OPC and some cases of resolution of refractory mucosal candidiasis following introduction of HIV protease inhibitor (HIV-PI) therapy have recently been reported (6, 10, 11). To switch from saprophytic ...

Primary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the female genital tract is very uncommon. Since the natural history of this tumor is unpredictable, with spontaneous remissions and exacerbations, establishment of the diagnosis is often difficult. In the few reported cases of LCH involving the vulva there were systemic manifestations of the disease. We report the clinical and histopathological fi...

Congenital self-healing Langerhans cell histiocytosis (CSHLCH), or Hashimoto-Pritzker disease, is a rare variant of Langerhans cell histiocytosis that was first described in 1973 by Hashimoto and Pritzker.1-5 It presents at birth or in the neonatal period.1-9 Few case series have been published in the literature.1,4,5 However, it is believed that the actual incidence is higher and that many cas...