Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with Frontal Bone Indentation by an Adjoining Primary Soft Tissue Lesion in a 17-Month-Old Asian Male Child

CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2015; 42(05): 665-668
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2015.42.5.665

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Seungchan Kim

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
Jiye Kim

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea
Sug Won Kim

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea

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