Abstract

MINGUEZ, Ignacio et al. Oral manifestations of chronic disseminated histiocytosis: A report of 10 cases. Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Ed.impr.) [online]. 2004, vol.9, n.2, pp.149-154. ISSN 1698-4447.

Chronic disseminated histiocytosis is a systemic disorder resulting from tumor proliferation of Langerhans-type histiocytic cells. The etiology and pathogenesis are not fully clear, though the clinical manifestations are the result of the accumulation and infiltration of these types of cells in organs and tissues. The present study reports 10 patients (6 boys and 4 girls) with chronic disseminated histiocytosis. The patient age at onset of the disease varied from 4 months to 3.2 years (mean 1.7 years). All patients had oral lesions, and in 5 cases these were the first manifestation of the disease. The most frequent alterations were gingival bleeding (7 cases), aphthae measuring over 1 cm in diameter (6 cases), maxillary osteolytic lesions (6 cases), tooth loss due to expulsive folliculitis (5 cases), oral candidiasis (4 cases), orofacial swelling (3 cases), aphthae measuring under 1 cm in diameter (3 cases), and nonspecific oral pain (2 cases). All the oral lesions disappeared with the treatments prescribed, though some patients developed new outbreaks and exacerbations of the disease.

Keywords : Hand-Schüller-Christian syndrome; chronic disseminated histiocytosis; oral.

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