Aim: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a proliferative disease caused by abnormal proliferation of histiocytes in the bone marrow dendritic cell structure. LCH is very rare in adults and its incidence is 1-2 cases per million. Therefore, there is still no clear management plan in adults. It was aimed to evaluate the very rare adult LCH patients.
Materials and Methods: Ten LCH patients who were followed up at Erciyes University Hematology Department between January 2010 and January 2020 were included.
Results: Eight (80%) of them were male and 2 (20%) were female. The median age of the patients was 34.5 ± 8.4 (23-52) years. Although the most common involvement at the time of diagnosis was bone in 7 patients (70%) and lung in 3 patients (30%); pituitary, tympanic membrane, liver and brain involvement were also observed. Three (30%) patients had single system involvement and 7 (70%) had multisystem. Four (40%) patients had relapsed and all had multisystemic involvement. The BRAF V600E mutation could be performed in 3 patients. It was negative in two patients and positive in 1 patient. All patients still have remission.
Conclusion: Unlike children, LCH has a better course in adults. The most important approach is to determine single or multisystem involvement. In our patients with single system involvement, we obtained response with corticosteroid and surgery alone. We have observed that vinblastin plus metilprednizolon treatment is a good option for multisystemic involvement. In relapsed patients, we obtained a significant response with clofarabine.
Adult BRAF V600E mutation clofarabin histiocytosis langerhans cell Radiotherapy Treatment vinblastin plus methylprednisolone Adult, BRAF V600E mutation, clofarabin, histiocytosis, langerhans cell, Radiotherapy, Treatment, vinblastin plus methylprednisolone
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Konular | Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi |
Bölüm | Özgün Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Erken Görünüm Tarihi | 15 Ocak 2023 |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 15 Ocak 2023 |
Kabul Tarihi | 6 Ekim 2022 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2023 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1 |
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Assoc. Prof. Deniz Şenol
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