| CASE REPORT |
|
| Year : 2020 | Volume
: 38
| Issue : 3 | Page : 176-179 |
|
|
Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with peripheral joint destruction and mediastinal lymph node invasion: The continuous feature spectrum of clinical multicentric reticulohistiocytosis and microscopical xanthoma disseminatum
Yi-Hsiang Yu, Chih-Hung Lee, Shang-Hung Lin
Department of Dermatology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Correspondence Address:
Shang-Hung Lin
Department of Dermatology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, No. 123, Dapi Road, Niaosong Dist, Kaohsiung City 83301
Taiwan
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/ds.ds_48_19
|
|
|
The non-Langerhans cell histiocytoses (non-LCH) are rare and benign histiocytic disorders. We present a 61-year-old female with progressive skin-colored nodules on the face and extremities. The skin biopsy showed dermal infiltration of foamy histiocytes. Further imaging study showed erosive arthritis and lymphadenopathy. The microscopical feature of anterior mediastinal lymph node was similar to that in the skin. Thus, the diagnosis is non-LCH with joints and lymph nodes involvement. This patient presented both the clinical manifestations of multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MRH) and histologic findings of xanthoma disseminatum (XD), indicating the plausible association and the shared disease spectrum of MRH and XD.
|
|
|
|
| [FULL TEXT] [PDF]* |
|
 |
|
