Multisystemic Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis

Pediatr Dermatol. 2014 May-Jun;31(3):e87-9. doi: 10.1111/pde.12319. Epub 2014 Mar 3.

Abstract

We report the first case of multisystemic Langerhans cell histiocytes mimicking diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis clinically. This has been described in patients with congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis but not in patients with acute, disseminated, and multisystemic disease. In our experience, dermoscopic findings did not help to diagnose the condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Epidermis / pathology
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*

Supplementary concepts

  • Hemangiomatosis, Disseminated