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Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Последний просмотренный: 20 Aug 2025
Last updated: 04 Mar 2025

Резюме

Определение

Анамнез и осмотр

Ключевые диагностические факторы

  • age <15 years
  • bone pain and/or swelling
  • skin rash
  • polyuria and polydipsia
  • growth or sexual maturation failure
  • vertebra plana
  • hepatosplenomegaly
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Другие диагностические факторы

  • cough, dyspnea
  • chest pain
  • orbital abnormalities
  • jaundice
  • ascites
  • cytopenias
  • fever
  • anorexia
  • weight loss
  • irritability
  • ear pain
  • ear discharge
  • hearing loss
  • perforated tympanic membrane
  • headache
  • neurologic signs
  • bloody diarrhea
  • oral mucosa lesions
  • lymphadenopathy
  • thyroid enlargement
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Факторы риска

  • smoking
  • family history of thyroid disease
  • perinatal infections
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Диагностические исследования

Исследования, которые показаны в первую очередь

  • CBC
  • LFTs
  • serum albumin
  • renal function
  • serum electrolytes
  • serum calcium
  • inflammatory markers
  • endocrine evaluation (adults)
  • BRAF V600E mutation analysis
  • skeletal survey (children)
  • chest x-ray (children)
  • abdominal ultrasound (children)
  • fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) (adults)
  • MRI head with contrast (adults)
  • tissue biopsy
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Исследования, проведение которых нужно рассмотреть

  • endocrine evaluation (children)
  • coagulation studies (children)
  • pulmonary function tests
  • echocardiogram
  • high-resolution CT chest
  • audiometry
  • bone marrow aspirate and biopsy
  • MRI head with contrast (children)
  • MRI spine
  • CT head
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Алгоритм лечения

Острый

single-system disease: bone involvement

single-system disease: skin involvement

single-system disease: isolated lymph node involvement

single-system disease: lung involvement

single-system disease: CNS involvement

single-system disease: neurodegenerative disease

multisystem disease

ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ

relapsed/refractory disease

Составители

Авторы

Gaurav Goyal, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Department of Medicine

Division of Hematology/Oncology

Birmingham

AL

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GG has been reimbursed for advisory board by Opna Bio LLC, and receives royalties from UpToDate.

Выражение благодарностей

Dr Gaurav Goyal would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Oussama Abla and Professor Kimo Stine, previous contributors to this topic.

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OA declares that he has no competing interests. KS declares that he serves on the Board of the Histiocytosis Association (a nonprofit organization), has provided advice for a legal firm reviewing a case of LCH, and receives honoraria for membership of advisory boards to Pfizer and Behring.

Рецензенты

R. Maarten Egeler, MD, PhD

Director of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplantation, and Autoimmune Diseases

Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden

The Netherlands

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RME has previously worked with Dr Abla on a review of LCH. RME is an author of several references cited in this topic.

Rima Jubran, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Keck School of Medicine

University of Southern California

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Los Angeles

CA

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RJ declares that she has no competing interests.

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Disclosures

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Основные статьи

Haupt R, Minkov M, Astigarraga I, et al; Euro Histio Network. Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH): guidelines for diagnosis, clinical work-up, and treatment for patients till the age of 18 years. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2013 Feb;60(2):175-84.Полный текст  Аннотация

Goyal G, Tazi A, Go RS, et al. International expert consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of Langerhans cell histiocytosis in adults. Blood. 2022 Apr 28;139(17):2601-21.Полный текст  Аннотация

Rodriguez-Galindo C, Allen CE. Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Blood. 2020 Apr 16;135(16):1319-31.Полный текст  Аннотация

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: histiocytic neoplasms [internet publication].Полный текст

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