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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Adult Cervical Spine: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Journal article

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Adult Cervical Spine: A Case Report and Literature Review.

  • Schär RT Division of Neurosurgery, St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Hewer E Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Ulrich CT Department of Neurosurgery, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
  • 2018-06-12
Published in:
  • Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery. - 2019
Adult
Cervical Vertebrae
Diagnosis, Differential
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell
Humans
Male
Neck Pain
Osteolysis
English A 36-year-old man was diagnosed with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the cervical spine with a unifocal expansive osteolytic lesion of C4. The surgical management with a 2-year follow-up and a review of the literature on LCH of the cervical spine are presented. Although a rare condition, LCH is an important differential diagnosis of any osteolytic lesion in the cervical spine with localized pain in a young adult patient. Review of the literature suggests a higher prevalence of LCH lesions affecting the cervical spine as compared with the thoracic or lumbar spine than historically reported.
Language
  • English
Open access status
closed
Identifiers
Persistent URL
https://sonar.ch/global/documents/235850
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