Benign cephalic histiocytosis

Classification	ICD-10: D76.3 (ILDS D76.320);
External resources	Orphanet: 157997;

Benign cephalic histiocytosis
Benign cephalic histiocytosis
Other names: Histiocytosis with intracytoplasmic worm-like bodies
	Erythematous grouped papules on wheal-like plaques on the right cheek.

Benign cephalic histiocytosis not to be confused with "Neonatal cephalic pustulosis" is a rare skin condition affecting boys and girls equally, characterized by skin lesions^[vague] that initially present on the head in all cases, often the cheeks, eyelids, forehead, and ears.^[2]^: 717

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↑ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
↑ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.

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[Bolognia-1] Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.

[Andrews-2] James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6.

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v t e Histiocytosis
WHO-I/Langerhans cell histiocytosis/ X-type histiocytosis	Letterer–Siwe disease Hand–Schüller–Christian disease Eosinophilic granuloma Congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis
WHO-II/non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis/ Non-X histiocytosis	Juvenile xanthogranuloma Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Erdheim-Chester disease Niemann–Pick disease Sea-blue histiocyte Benign cephalic histiocytosis Generalized eruptive histiocytoma Xanthoma disseminatum Progressive nodular histiocytosis Papular xanthoma Hereditary progressive mucinous histiocytosis Reticulohistiocytosis (Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis, Reticulohistiocytoma) Indeterminate cell histiocytosis
WHO-III/malignant histiocytosis	Histiocytic sarcoma Langerhans cell sarcoma Interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma
Ungrouped	Rosai–Dorfman disease

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