%0 Journal Article
%T Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with Thyroid Involvement in a 3 Year-Old Child - a Case Report
%A Pantea Tajik
%A Shiva Nazari
%A Hazhir Javaherizadeh
%J Polish Journal of Surgery
%D 2012
%I Versita
%R 10.2478/v10035-012-0069-1
%X Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), a monoclonal disease of histiocytes, may involve several organ systems but rarely primarily involves the thyroid gland. This report presents an extremely rare case of LCH of the thyroid in a 3-year-old boy who presented with a neck mass for several weeks. LCH of the thyroid should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a child with a thyroid mass. Pulmonary examination should be done in these patients.
%K Langerhans cell
%K histiocytosis
%K thyroid gland
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/h5136j3724815164/?p=d83f7d488f1c4543885926e36b6b173d&pi=5