Cerebral and brain stem Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Neuroradiology. 1993;35(5):349-51. doi: 10.1007/BF00588367.

Abstract

Two patients with central nervous system manifestations of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, both with brain stem involvement, are reported. The onset of symptoms was at an age when the diagnosis might not have been considered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Stem / pathology*
  • Diabetes Insipidus / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Insipidus / pathology
  • Dura Mater / pathology
  • Female
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*