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==Electron microscopy==
==Electron microscopy==
*[[Birbeck granules]].
*[[Birbeck granules]].
Appearance:
*Electron dense, cytoplasmic tennis racket-like body.
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case147/micro.html LCH (upmc.edu)].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 04:14, 8 January 2012

Langerhans cell histiocytosis, abbreviated LCH, is a rare genetic disorder of tissue macrophages. It broadly fits into the category of histiocytoses. It used to known as eosinophilic granuloma. It has been referred to by several eponyms - Hand-Schüller-Christian disease, Abt-Letterer-Siwe disease, and histiocytosis X.

General

Microscopic

Features:

  • Langerhans cells histiocytes - key feature.
    • Clusters of cells (histiocytes) with a reniform (kidney-shaped) nucleus and abundant foamy cytoplasm.
      • Nucleus may look like a "coffee bean", i.e. have nuclear grooves (similar to those in papillary thyroid carcinoma) -- appearance dependent on the rotation of the nucleus.[1]
      • Chromatin pattern: fine granular, light gray.
  • +/-Eosinophils - often prominent.

Images:

DDx:

IHC

  • CD1a +ve.
  • S100 +ve.

Electron microscopy

Appearance:

  • Electron dense, cytoplasmic tennis racket-like body.

Images:

See also

References

  1. BN. 15 March 2011.