Pure vulvar Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a case report and literature review. 2009

O Triantafyllidou, and K Giannakopoulos, and V Pergialiotis, and M Simou, and A Lagkadas, and P Alexandrou
Department of Gynaecology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece. triantafyllidouolga@yahoo.com

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the female genital tract is a very rare disease. Only 16 cases of primary vulvar LCH without subsequent systemic spread of disease have previously been published in the literature. We describe an additional case of LCH in which the lesion was confined to the vulva. A 52-year-old Caucasian woman presented for further investigation with a 6-month history of vulvar pruritus. Physical examination revealed multiple fine red papules on both labia minor. A metastatic workup did not reveal any evidence of disease beyond the vulva. The lesion was biopsied, and histological findings were characteristic of LCH. The patient was treated by local extirpation of both labia minor. Ten months after surgery, the patient has no signs of local recurrence or systemic spread. It is necessary to perform a biopsy of the lesions when a woman presents atypical chronic lesions on the vulva. Although different treatment has been proposed, complete surgical excision is fundamental in "pure" genital Langerhans cell histiocytosis as initial therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006646 Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell A group of disorders resulting from the abnormal proliferation of and tissue infiltration by LANGERHANS CELLS which can be detected by their characteristic Birbeck granules (X bodies), or by monoclonal antibody staining for their surface CD1 ANTIGENS. Langerhans-cell granulomatosis can involve a single organ, or can be a systemic disorder. Histiocytosis X,Langerhans-Cell Granulomatosis,Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis,Hand-Schueller-Christian Disease,Hand-Schueller-Christian Syndrome,Hand-Schüller-Christian Disease,Hand-Schüller-Christian Syndrome,Hashimoto-Pritzger Disease,Histiocytosis, Generalized,Histiocytosis-X,Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis,Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis, Pulmonary,Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis,Letterer-Siwe Disease,Non-Lipid Reticuloendotheliosis,Pulmonary Histiocytosis X,Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis,Schueller-Christian Disease,Systemic Aleukemic Reticuloendotheliosis,Type 2 Histiocytosis,Aleukemic Reticuloendothelioses, Systemic,Aleukemic Reticuloendotheliosis, Systemic,Cell Granulomatoses, Langerhans,Cell Granulomatosis, Langerhans,Cell Histiocytoses, Langerhans,Cell Histiocytosis, Langerhans,Disease, Hand-Schueller-Christian,Disease, Hand-Schüller-Christian,Disease, Hashimoto-Pritzger,Disease, Letterer-Siwe,Disease, Schueller-Christian,Diseases, Hashimoto-Pritzger,Generalized Histiocytoses,Generalized Histiocytosis,Granulomatoses, Langerhans Cell,Granulomatosis, Langerhans Cell,Granulomatosis, Langerhans-Cell,Hand Schueller Christian Disease,Hand Schueller Christian Syndrome,Hand Schüller Christian Disease,Hand Schüller Christian Syndrome,Hashimoto Pritzger Disease,Hashimoto-Pritzger Diseases,Histiocytoses, Generalized,Histiocytoses, Langerhans Cell,Histiocytoses, Type 2,Histiocytosis X, Pulmonary,Histiocytosis, Langerhans Cell,Histiocytosis, Type 2,Langerhans Cell Granulomatoses,Langerhans Cell Histiocytoses,Letterer Siwe Disease,Non Lipid Reticuloendotheliosis,Non-Lipid Reticuloendothelioses,Reticuloendothelioses, Non-Lipid,Reticuloendothelioses, Systemic Aleukemic,Reticuloendotheliosis, Non-Lipid,Reticuloendotheliosis, Systemic Aleukemic,Schueller Christian Disease,Syndrome, Hand-Schueller-Christian,Syndrome, Hand-Schüller-Christian,Systemic Aleukemic Reticuloendothelioses,Type 2 Histiocytoses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014845 Vulvar Diseases Pathological processes of the VULVA. Disease, Vulvar,Diseases, Vulvar,Vulvar Disease
D018949 Antigens, CD1 Glycoproteins expressed on cortical thymocytes and on some dendritic cells and B-cells. Their structure is similar to that of MHC Class I and their function has been postulated as similar also. CD1 antigens are highly specific markers for human LANGERHANS CELLS. CD1 Antigens,CD1 Antigen,Antigen, CD1

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