Vertebral Langerhans cell histiocytosis in an adult patient: Case report and review of the literature

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-264

  Sapkas, George ^a   Papadakis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adult; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Solitary osteolytic lesion; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FUSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 79955493084     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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