Korean J Pediatr Hematol Oncol.  2004 Apr;11(1):74-79.

Isolated Thymic Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

• Jung YH
• Hwang SU
• Park JK
• Oh MY
• Lee SY

Abstract

Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease in which the Langerhans cells proliferate abnormally, like a cancer, and involve various tissues and organs, such as skin, bone, lung, lymph node, liver and spleen. Especially, in the younger age, it usually involves more organs and tissues, sometimes including the thymus. But isolated involvement of thymus is very rare. We report an 11-month-old-girl with an isolated thymic involvement of Langerhans cell histiocytosis with a brief review of related literatures.

Keyword

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Thymus

MeSH Terms

Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell*
Langerhans Cells
Liver
Lung
Lymph Nodes
Rare Diseases
Skin
Spleen
Thymus Gland