Langerhans cell histiocytosis: a rare case of large-bowel inflammatory lesions

Endoscopy 2019; 51(02): E26-E27
DOI: 10.1055/a-0767-6204

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Beatrice Marinoni

¹Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

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Federica Cavalcoli

¹Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

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Alessandro Del Gobbo

²Pathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

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Helmut Neumann

³First Medical Department, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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Emanuela Passoni

⁴Dermatology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

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Maurizio Vecchi

¹Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

⁵Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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Gian Eugenio Tontini

¹Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

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