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J Am Heart Assoc
January 2025
Cardiovascular Performance Program, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA.
Eur J Prev Cardiol
December 2024
Arrhythmology Department, Teknon Medical Centre, Barcelona, Spain.
Rev Paul Pediatr
December 2024
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Objective: The objective of this study was to report two cases of successive multiple spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax in children with massive lung involvement due to Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), emphasizing the possibility of this differential diagnosis for the general pediatrician. Additionally, published cases describing pediatric patients with pulmonary manifestations of LCH were reviewed in the literature.
Case Description: Case #1: A 3-year-old male patient with a sudden episode of spontaneous right-sided pneumothorax, surgically drained.
Circulation
December 2024
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Pediatrics
December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, UMass Chan School of Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts.
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