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ArticleJournal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP2021

Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A diagnostic enigma in the oral cavity.

Latha Mary Cherian, Dhanya Sasikumar, Pradeesh Sathyan, Binuja Elsa Varghese

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Article in Journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Latha Mary CherianDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Government Dental College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Dhanya SasikumarDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Government Dental College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Pradeesh SathyanDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Government Dental College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Binuja Elsa VargheseDepartment of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Government Dental College, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Government Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare reactive and proliferative disease of histiocytes. The disease occurs predominantly in children and rarely in adults. This disease of unknown etiology exhibits extreme clinical heterogeneity. Even though LCH manifests initially in the oral cavity in most of the cases, owing to the relative rarity of the condition, it remains a disease in which the diagnosis is often delayed, missed or misdiagnosed. This is a case of LCH in a child which presented with swelling in the mandibular region.

Indexed as

EosinophilshistiocytesLangerhans cell histiocytosisLangerhans cells

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PMID34083966
PMCPMC8123262
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