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Adult Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting with multisystem involvement and sarcomatoid features: a case report.

Luis E AguirreIngrid SchwartzJennifer ChapmanMarcelo F LarsenAlvaro Alencar
Published in: Journal of medical case reports (2020)
Langerhans cell histiocytosis remains an exceedingly rare entity in adults, frequently presenting as multisystem disease with risk organ involvement. Langerhans cell sarcoma represents an aggressive subtype with extremely poor prognosis for which intensive acute myeloid leukemia induction should be strongly considered.
Keyphrases
  • poor prognosis
  • single cell
  • acute myeloid leukemia
  • cell therapy
  • stem cells
  • bone marrow
  • acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • mesenchymal stem cells