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BENIGN CEPHALIC HISTIOCYTOSIS |
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| Authors: | Chris Commens Richard Jaworski † |
| Abstract: | A 3 year old boy had an asymptomatic pigmented maculopapular eruption on his face for 2½ years. This rash partially resolved in summer and remitted in winter. Skin biopsy and ultrastructural studies showed a histiocytic infiltrate with “comma shaped” cytoplasmic inclusions, confirming the diagnosis of Benign Cephalic Histiocytosis. We review the features of this condition and compare it with other self healing histiocytotic conditions. |
| Keywords: | Children face rash histiocytic infiltrate differential diagnosis Benign Cephalic Histiocytosis |