Publications by authors named "Rachel Martins Marinho"
An Bras Dermatol
October 2022
Article Synopsis
- Congenital and self-healing Hashimoto-Pritzker reticulohistiocytosis is a benign variant of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, characterized by multiple skin lesions that emerge at birth or shortly after, which typically resolves on its own within weeks.
- A case study highlighted a boy with a rare single skin lesion on his leg, showing specific immune markers through histopathological analysis; the lesion resolved spontaneously just seven days after a biopsy.
- Favorable prognosis indicators include monolesional disease, a distal limb lesion, and a low percentage of Langerhans cells with Birbeck granules, although the child will be monitored for at least two years as a precaution.
