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Langerhans' cell histiocytosis in an adult
B Lindelöf1, B Forslind, M Hilliges
1Department of Dermatology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A woman with typical skin lesions of histiocytosis X is reported. Electron microscopic and immunohistochemical investigations revealed a large number of markedly long Birbeck Langerhans' cell granulae. During treatment with Interferon alpha -2b, the patient developed infarctus cerebri and died.