title: Intracranial xanthogranuloma of the dura in Hand-Schüller-Christian disease. Case report.
abstract: The authors describe a 37-year-old man with the classic clinical features of Hand-Schüller-Christian disease. He presented with symptoms of increased intracranial pressure due to obstructive hydrocephalus secondary to a huge xanthogranuloma involving falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli. Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies failed to demonstrate Langerhans histiocytes, however. The implication of this finding is discussed in light of the recent relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery (Division of Neurosurgery), King Saud University College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Raina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: al-Jamali
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yacub
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Sharif
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*