A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a disease primarily affects the bone. More than 50 percent of the disease occurs between the age of 1 and 15. We reported a case of a 2 year old boy who presented with a gluteal mass. Radiographic imaging showed an osteolytic lesion suspicious of malignancy. However,...
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| author | Ibrahim, Z.A. Lung, W.S long, P.K. |
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| description | Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a disease primarily affects the bone. More than 50 percent of the disease occurs between the age of 1 and 15. We reported a case of a 2 year old boy who presented with a gluteal mass. Radiographic imaging showed an osteolytic lesion suspicious of malignancy. However, the histological diagnosis was Langerhans cell histiocytosis. |
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| spelling | unimas-22012014-05-02T07:52:51Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2201/ A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy Ibrahim, Z.A. Lung, W.S long, P.K. Q Science (General) R Medicine (General) Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a disease primarily affects the bone. More than 50 percent of the disease occurs between the age of 1 and 15. We reported a case of a 2 year old boy who presented with a gluteal mass. Radiographic imaging showed an osteolytic lesion suspicious of malignancy. However, the histological diagnosis was Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2201/1/A%20gluteal%20mass%20of%20Langerhans%20cell%20histiocytosis%20mimicking%20malignancy.pdf Ibrahim, Z.A. and Lung, W.S and long, P.K. (2009) A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy. Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 16 (1). pp. 48-50. |
| spellingShingle | Q Science (General) R Medicine (General) Ibrahim, Z.A. Lung, W.S long, P.K. A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy |
| title | A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy |
| title_full | A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy |
| title_fullStr | A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy |
| title_short | A gluteal mass of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy |
| title_sort | gluteal mass of langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking malignancy |
| topic | Q Science (General) R Medicine (General) |
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