Case Report
A Fatal Case of Congenital Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with Disseminated Cutaneous Lesions in a Premature Neonate
Table 1
Outcomes of premature neonates with congenital cutaneous LCH lesions at birth.
| Author (reference number) | Gender | GA (wks) | Clinical features of LCH involvement | Outcome (survival) |
| Vade et al. [10] | F | 35 | Skin, hepatosplenomegaly, pulmonary failure | Died (9 days) | Gee et al. [11] | M | 33 | Skin, pulmonary failure | Died (36 hrs) | Aviner et al. [12] | F | 32 | Skin, followed by multiorgan failure | Died (26 days) | Lee et al. [8] | M | 36 | Hydrops fetalis, skin, multiorgan failure | Died (12 days) | Cheng et al. [9] | M | 33 | Hydrops fetalis, skin, pleural effusion | Died (36 hrs) | Herbrüggen et al. [13] | M | 35 | Skin, at 3 months, pulmonary and thymic mass | Alive | Present case | F | 33 | Skin, hypovolemic shock, pulmonary failure | Died (57 hrs) |
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GA: gestational age, M: male, F: female, wks: weeks, and hrs: hours.
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