Intradural dirofilariasis mimicking a Langerhans cell histiocytosis tumor.
We report the case of a 6-year-old female who presented a cervical intradural extra-spinal tumor, initially considered as a Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Additional histological slides revealed a Dirofilaria repens dirofilariasis. The particularity of this case is the intradural location of this filariasis, which usually has a subcutaneous or conjunctival location in human.
Perret-Court
Audrey
A
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hôpital de la Timone Enfants, Marseille, France. audrey.perret-court@mail.ap-hm.fr
Coulibaly
Bema
B
Ranque
Stéphane
S
Bouvier
Corinne
C
Lena
Gabriel
G
Coze
Carole
C
Verschuur
Arnauld
A
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans