A Rare Case of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis of the Skull in an Adult: a Systematic Review

Overview

Journal Rare Tumors

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Oncology

Date 2013 Nov 2

PMID 24179650

Citations 5

Authors

Corinna Chiong

Shruti Jayachandra

Guy D Eslick

Darweesh Al-Khawaja

Vidyasagar Casikar

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Abstract

We report a 41-year old male who presented to the Emergency Department after falling while water-skiing. He had a previous medical history included chronic headaches, which had persisted for the last 2-3 months prior to presentation. Computed tomography of the head showed a small hypersensitivity with a small extra axial collection with a maximum thickness of 1mm. Differential diagnoses included an arachnoid cyst, haemangioma, meningioma or a secondary lesion. A diagnosis of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis was made based on the histopathology examination and the immunoperoxidase staining.

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