BRAF and Langerhans cell histiocytosis: The etiology and pathogenesis of the disease remain unclarified; earlier theories stated that LCH is a reactive process, but recent findings based on the identification of oncogenic BRAF or MAP2K1 mutations in most cases of LCH suggest that it is a clonal neoplasm and originates from the uncontrolled proliferation and accumulation of bone marrow-derived immature myeloid dendritic cells [3–6].