title: Intradural dirofilariasis mimicking a Langerhans cell histiocytosis tumor.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hôpital de la Timone Enfants, Marseille, France. audrey.perret-court@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perret-Court
authors.forename: Bema
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ranque
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lena
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coze
authors.forename: Arnauld
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verschuur
mesh_terms: 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