A neonate with a skin rash post partum

Zwitserloot, A.M.; Niemeyer, B.

Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 155(38): A3541

2011


ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784
PMID: 21939570
Document Number: 652500
A term-born boy presented with a rash immediately post partum, consisting of erosions, crusts and a few vesicles. Skin biopsy showed dermal infiltration of S100 and CD1a immunopositive histiocytes. The diagnosis was 'congenital Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the skin'.

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