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ArticleCureus2025

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting in an Adult Patient With a Pleural Effusion.

Jaime Loeza-Suárez, Paola Xanat Huertas-Castañeda, José María Toledo-Carrasquedo, Angel Trejo-Tejas, Alberto Monroy-Chargoy

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Article in Cureus, 2025. 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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5 authors.

Jaime Loeza-SuárezInternal Medicine, Hospital Juárez de México, Mexico City, MEX.
Paola Xanat Huertas-CastañedaInternal Medicine, Hospital Juárez de México, Mexico City, MEX.
José María Toledo-CarrasquedoInternal Medicine, Hospital Juárez de México, Mexico City, MEX.
Angel Trejo-TejasInternal Medicine, Hospital Juárez de México, Mexico City, MEX.
Alberto Monroy-ChargoyInternal Medicine, Hospital Juárez de México, Mexico City, MEX.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare condition characterized by aberrant function and proliferation of the mononuclear phagocyte system. It can occur across all age ranges. This case report involves an adult female presenting with multisystem involvement and pleural effusion. A hypothesis suggests that chronic inflammatory states, resulting from cytokine production and the release of proinflammatory factors, alter vascular permeability, potentially leading to clinical manifestations such as fluid distribution abnormalities, including pleural effusion. Symptomatic multisystemic disease requires chemotherapy initiation. In this case, treatment could not be started due to unresolved empyema despite surgical intervention.

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braf v600e mutationcase reportclinical pathologydifferent branches of internal medicinehystiocitosisrare cause of pleural effusion

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PMID39958088
PMCPMC11829699

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