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Maarten Ninaber1, Hans Dik2, Elke Peters3
1Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center Leiden, The Netherlands.
Respirology Case Reports
|December 5, 2014
Abstract:
Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (pLCH) and lung cancer. Resolution of pLCH may occur spontaneously, after smoking cessation or other interventions. However, despite clinicoradiological resolution, residual pulmonary Langerhans cells may be present and may lead to recurrent disease. We report the first case of pLCH with a complete histological resolution.
