Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Also written as PLCH.

dose systemic methotrexate and cranial radiation have\nThe term Langerhans cell histiocytosis is used to include

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dose systemic methotrexate and cranial radiation have\nThe term Langerhans cell histiocytosis is used to include (Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Broth)
| Rare | Eosinophilic pneumonia, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, LAM, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, vasculitis | (Interstitial Lung Diseases)
pneumothorax, respiratory bronchiolitis-interstitial lung such as cystic ﬁbrosis, α1-antitrypsin deﬁciency, puldisease, pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis, and monary hypertension, pulmonary ﬁbrosis, and asthma. (Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and (Harrisons Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine)
• Granulomatous disease\nGranulomatosis with polyangiitis\nChurg-Strauss disease\nPulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis (PLCH)\nSarcoidosis\nHypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) (7.INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE-DPLDs)
Other causes include cranial irradiation, head trauma, or infiltrative diseases affecting the pituitary gland such as Langerhans cell histiocytosis. (Hypothyroidism)