title: Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting as a lumbosacral intradural-extramedullary mass.
abstract: The subject of this paper is a 2-year-old child with progressive paraparesis. MRI showed a large lumbosacral intradural-extramedullary mass and the histological diagnosis was Langerhans cell histiocytosis. The histopathological and neuroradiological findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Children's Hospital G. Gaslini, Largo G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tortori-Donati
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Danieli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meli
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Fondelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Curri
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Garré
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gullotta
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology