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A Eykens

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PubMed1990

Restrictive dermopathy with distinct morphological abnormalities.

A newborn child is described with the fetal hypokinesia sequence as a consequence of a restrictive dermopathy. Remarkable findings in this infant were neonatal teeth and survival till age 4 months. Ultrastructural examination of the skin showed thin epidermis and absence of elastic fibres.

Abnormalities, Multiple↗
PubMed1988

Spontaneous healing of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X).

A 3-month-old male infant presented with pallor, hepatomegaly (4.5 cm), splenomegaly (1.5 cm), anaemia (Hb 6 g/dl) and thrombocytopenia (16 X 10(9)/l). A liver biopsy was diagnostic for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (histiocytosis X). The patient's lymphocytes, co-cultured with neonatal lymphocytes, were positive for virus-like particles without reverse transcriptase activity. The hepatomegaly diminished after 6 months and a second liver biopsy showed decreased histiocytic infiltration. A second viral blood culture remained negative. After 14 months, the hepatomegaly had disappeared completely and there were no more abnormal haematological or clinical findings.

Histiocytes↗