Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii (Jun 2018)

HYSTYOCYTOSIS X: VERIFICATION OF DIAGNOSIS

  • V. V. Starostenko,
  • L. A. Anisimova,
  • O. A. Sidorenko,
  • E. P. Opruzhenkova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.25208/0042-4609-2018-94-2-63-68
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 94, no. 2
pp. 63 – 68

Abstract

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A clinical case of histiocytosis X, rarely found in the practice of a dermatovenereologist, is described, the pathognomonic clinical symptoms of this dermatosis, including skin lesions, that occur in 50 to 80 % of cases of all forms are displayed. The modern classification of histiocytosis, pathogenetic mechanisms of development and clinic of histiocytosis Х are given. Particular attention is paid to diagnostic methods, the necessity of interaction of narrow specialists (dermatovenerologists, hematologists, oncologists, pulmonologists) is underlined.

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