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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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A rare case of adult pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis
Keerthi A Prakash1, Ajay Narasimhan2, Sivanthi Sapna1
1 Department of Pulmonology, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Keerthi A Prakash
Department of Pulmonology, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, Chennai - 600 006, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/japt.japt_29_22
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The most common organ affected in smokers is lungs. The usual presentations are obstructive airway disease, interstitial lung disease, and malignancy. Rarely, some individuals with specific genomic characteristics may develop pulmonary Langerhans' cell histiocytosis, which commonly presents as bilateral upper lobe predominant cystic lung disease. The main array of treatment is cessation of smoking.
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