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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Langerhans cell histiocytosis in adolescent patients: a single-centre retrospective study

Characteristic

n = 36

Age, years, median (range)

16 (14–17)

Sex

Male, n (%)

25 (69.4)

Female, n (%)

11 (30.6)

Organ involvement

SS-s, n (%)

10 (27.8)

SS-p, n (%)

2 (5.6)

SS-m, n (%)

5 (13.9)

MS, n (%)

19 (52.8)

SS-s organ involvement (n = 10)

Bone, n (%)

4 (40.0)

Pituitary, n (%)

3 (30.0)

Lymph node, n (%)

2 (20.0)

Soft tissue, n (%)

1 (10.0)

MS organ involvement (n = 19)

Pituitary, n (%)

15 (78.9)

Bone, n (%)

8 (42.1)

Lung, n (%)

8 (42.1)

Lymph node, n (%)

8 (42.1)

Liver, n (%)

6 (31.6)

Spleen, n (%)

6 (31.6)

Thyroid, n (%)

5 (26.3)

Skin, n (%)

3 (15.8)

Risk organ, n (%)

8 (42.1)

  1. SS-s, single-system unifocal disease; SS-p, pulmonary as the single system involvement; SS-m, single-system multifocal disease; MS, multisystem disease