Histiocitose de células de Langerhans: relato de caso clínico

Abstract

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a disease characterized by the abnormal proliferation of these dendritic cells in a tissue, which can affect a single structure or organ or even occur simultaneously in more than one region. In the oral cavity, LCH can usually present as gingival hypertrophy and mucosal ulceration, causing pain, swelling, mobility, tooth loss, and destruction of bone tissue in the maxilla and mandible. The objective of this work was to report the clinical evolution of a case of LCH with maxillomandibular lesions in an adult patient. The patient of 27 years old, female, feoderm, was admitted to the Clinic of Stomatology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Metropolitan Hospital Odilon Behrens (MHOB), where she was diagnosed with LCH. There were five manifestations of the disease from 2012 to 2022, all of which were restricted to bone tissue and extended to mucogingival soft tissues, affecting twice the mandible, twice the maxilla, and once in the occipital region of the skull, the latter case treated by neurology. The patient underwent surgical and chemotherapy treatment. The surgical treatment consisted of the excision of the manifestations of LCH in the mandible and maxilla, and in left mandible, segmental resection was performed after a pathological fracture of the mandible. At the moment, the patient is being followed up by the BMF Surgery and Medical Oncology clinics, undergoing a new chemotherapy regimen, due to constant recurrences. LCH can present clinical and radiographic aspects common to other pathologies that are frequently found in the dental practice, therefore, It is extremely important that the dental surgeon knows how to recognize the clinical and imaging characteristics that may suggest the diagnosis of LCH in order to better manage the case in order to obtain an early diagnosis of this pathology.