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An unusual radiological presentation of pulmonary Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis

Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis is a proliferative disease of the dendritic cell lineage. It usually has a characteristic radiological presentation of apical nodules and small cysts occurring predominantly in young adult smokers. Here we report a case of multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a 75-year-old woman with unusual chest radiology.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-03-2012-5980

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