A case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis involving lung and liver |
Hyun Suk Oh, Yoon Ho Chung, Yeo Jun Yoon, Yoon-Jung Kim, Ki Hyun Seo, Joo Ock Na, Yong Hoon Kim |
Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine |
증례 : 폐와 간을 동시에 침범한 랑게르한스 세포 조직구증 1예 |
오현숙정윤호윤여준김윤정서기현나주옥김용훈, Yoon Ho Chung, Yeo Jun Yoon, Yoon-Jung Kim, Ki Hyun Seo, Joo Ock Na, Yong Hoon Kim |
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Abstract |
A 43-year-old man presented with dry cough and right chest pain. Chest X-ray shows normal and chest CT scan revealed thin-walled cysts of various sizes and nodules in both upper lobe.
Abdominal CT scan revealed multiple low attenuated nodules in liver and multiple abdominal lymph nodes enlargement. Liver biopsy was performed. Light microscopic examination revealed proliferation and infiltration of Langerhans cell. Immunohistochemically, Langerhans cells showed strong cytoplasmic staining with S-100 protein and CD1a. He was diagnosed Langerhans' cell histiocytosis involving lung and liver.(Korean J Med 69:S929-S933, 2005) |
Key Words:
Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Lung, Liver |
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