Zeynep Gökçe GAYRETLİ-AYDIN, Esin BODUROĞLU, Yasemin TAŞCI, Ayşe KAMAN, Türkan AYDIN-TEKE, Şakire BAŞER, Işıl ZAİMOĞLU, Umut KAYGUSUZ, Asuman GÜRKAN, Gönül TANIR

A case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking child abuse

Başer Ş, Kaman A, Zaimoğlu I, Gayretli-Aydın ZG, Aydın-Teke T, Kaygusuz U, Gürkan A, Boduroğlu E,Taşcı Y, Tanır G. A case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis mimicking child abuse. Turk J Pediatr 2016; 58: 675-678.Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare non-malignant disease with clinical heterogeneity. The disease may present with various clinical findings and may imitate many other conditions. In this report we describe a 34-monthold girl who presented with chronic otitis and otorrhea, skull fracture, rash, vulvar edema, erythema and erosion in labia majors which initially suggested child abuse but the patient was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis

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