Progressive nodular histiocytosis in a child with a hypothalamic tumour

We report a 13‐year‐old girl with multiple cutaneous histiocytic lesions, precocious puberty, growth hormone deficiency and a hypothalamic tumour. We conclude that she has progressive nodular histiocytosis, but this case illustrates the difficulty in differentiating the type II histiocytoses.

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Published inBritish journal of dermatology (1951) Vol. 146; no. 1; pp. 138 - 140
Main Authors Beswick, S.J., Kirk, J.M.W., Bradshaw, K., Sanders, D.S.A., Moss, C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Science, Ltd 01.01.2002
Blackwell
Oxford University Press
Subjects
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Dermatology
Disease Progression
Dwarfism, Pituitary - diagnosis
Dwarfism, Pituitary - etiology
early puberty
Female
histiocyte
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell - complications
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell - diagnosis
Humans
Hypothalamic Neoplasms - complications
Hypothalamic Neoplasms - diagnosis
Medical sciences
Puberty, Precocious - diagnosis
Puberty, Precocious - etiology
short stature
Treatment Outcome
Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions
Endocrinopathy
Human
Skin disease
Hypothalamic diseases
Hemopathy
Hypothalamus
Histiocytosis
Case study
Progressive
Association
Tumor
Skin
Child
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Summary:We report a 13‐year‐old girl with multiple cutaneous histiocytic lesions, precocious puberty, growth hormone deficiency and a hypothalamic tumour. We conclude that she has progressive nodular histiocytosis, but this case illustrates the difficulty in differentiating the type II histiocytoses.
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ISSN:0007-0963
1365-2133
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04493.x