Systemic eruptive histiocytosis

Generalized Eruptive Histiocytosis (GEH) is a papular, non-lipid, self-healing histiocytosis, which mainly occurs in adults. Winkelmann and Muller first reported one adult in 1963; Paputo et al. Reported a series of childhood cases in 1987. The disease is extremely rare, with about 30 cases reported in the literature, 7 of which are children.

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