Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: An Unusual Differential for a Solitary Lung Nodule.

Tessabella M Magliochetti Cammarata Sushan GuptaSai Sri Harsha RallabhandiVishesh Paul

Published in: Case reports in pulmonology (2024)

An isolated lung nodule in a patient with a smoking history always warrants a malignancy workup. Characteristic pathological findings with immunostaining are necessary to differentiate pulmonary LCH in these cases. Failure to perform immunostaining in such cases may lead to missing this vital diagnosis.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
single cell
cell therapy
smoking cessation
bone marrow
rare case