Langerhans' cell histiocytosis of the dorsal spine. A rare etiology of spinal cord compression;Localisation dorsale d'une histiocytose langerhansienne responsable d'une compression médullaire

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-62

  Ghorbel, I Ben ^a   Boukhris, I ^a   Kchir, M N ^a   Abderrahmane, K ^b   Khanfir, M ^a   Lamloum, M ^a   Miled, M ^a   Houman, M H ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; T6 ANTIGEN; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ETOPOSIDE; FATAL OUTCOME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 37349126045     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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