Congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis--report of a case of the solitary type and review of the literature

A 2-month-old female infant presented with a single hemorrhagic crusted papule on the chin present since birth. No visceral involvement could be demonstrated. The lesion involuted spontaneously with scarring in 3 months. Mononuclear cells in the cutaneous infiltrate were Langerhans cells with typica...

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Published inYonsei medical journal Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 194 - 198
Main Authors Chun, S I, Song, M S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) 01.06.1992
Subjects
Female
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell - congenital
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell - pathology
Humans
Infant
Skin Diseases - congenital
Skin Diseases - pathology
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Summary:A 2-month-old female infant presented with a single hemorrhagic crusted papule on the chin present since birth. No visceral involvement could be demonstrated. The lesion involuted spontaneously with scarring in 3 months. Mononuclear cells in the cutaneous infiltrate were Langerhans cells with typical Birbeck granules which positively stained with S-100 protein. This case is the solitary type of congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis.
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ISSN:0513-5796
DOI:10.3349/ymj.1992.33.2.194