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Nail as a Window to Diagnosing Multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Published:2024-08-14 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0193-1091
Container-title:The American Journal of Dermatopathology
language:en
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Author:

Somasundaram Arun¹^ORCID,Periyasamy Senthil Kumar¹,Arunachalam Narayanan¹,Suyamprakasam Vimala Tirekha¹,Jinkala Sree Rekha²,Dhandapany Gunasekaran³,Sivaranjini Ramassamy¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Dermatology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India;

2. Department of Pathology, JIPMER, Puducherry, India; and

3. Department of Pediatrics, JIPMER, Puducherry, India.

Abstract

Abstract: Nail involvement in Langerhans cell histiocytosis is rarely reported in the literature. According to the reported cases, it is believed that the involvement of nails has a poor prognosis because of multisystem involvement. Performing a nail bed biopsy might be challenging for children. We report a child in whom nail bed biopsy served as the sole clue to the diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in absentia of skin clue on a background of advanced multisystem involvement.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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