A rare case of solitary brain Langerhans cell histiocytosis with intratumoral hemorrhage in a patient affected by Turner syndrome
| Autor: | Elisabetta Alafaci, Francesco M. Salpietro, Francesca Granata, Rosa Morabito, Concetta Alafaci, Giovanni Grasso |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Granata, F., Morabito, R., Grasso, G., Alafaci, E., Salpietro, F., Alafaci, C. |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Case Report Hemorrhage Hemorrhage Langerhans cell histiocytosis skull neoplasm 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Langerhans cell histiocytosis Turner syndrome Rare case Medicine skull neoplasm business.industry Patient affected Langerhans cell histiocytosi Skull Neoplasm medicine.disease Osteolytic lesion Skull medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Surgery Neurology (clinical) business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Rare disease |
| Zdroj: | Surgical Neurology International |
| ISSN: | 2152-7806 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/2152-7806.179429 |
| Popis: | Background: Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease involving clonal proliferation of cells with characteristics similar to bone marrow-derived Langerhans cells. The case of a young woman, affected by Turner syndrome and a solitary intraparenchymal LCH associated with an osteolytic lesion of the overlying skull, is presented. Case Description: The patient, with an insidious history of headache and a growing soft mass in the left frontal region, presented with a sudden generalized tonic-clonic epileptic seizure. Neuroradiological investigations showed an osteolytic lesion of the left frontal bone and an underlying brain lesion associated with recent signs of bleeding. The patient was operated on with a complete removal of the lesion. The postoperative course was uneventful. Conclusions: The clinical, neuroradiological, and intraoperative findings are presented, along with a review of the literature. Although rare, LCH should be considered in the differential diagnosis when a scalp lesion occurs with a progressive growing. |
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