Huge Langerhans cell histiocytosis granuloma of choroid plexus in a child with Hand-Schüller-Christian disease. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1995 Dec;83(6):1080-4. doi: 10.3171/jns.1995.83.6.1080.

Abstract

In the literature, only two previous cases of presumed Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) granuloma involving choroid plexus have been reported in patients with Hand-Schüller-Christian (HSC) disease, but those cases were not verified by immunohistochemistry or electron microscopy. The authors report a case of LCH granuloma of the choroid plexuses of bilateral lateral ventricles and the fourth ventricle in a child affected by HSC disease. This disease was confirmed by the presence of Birbeck granules on electron microscopy and positive reactivity to S-100 protein. Clinical, radiographic, and histological features are discussed. This case illustrates that LCH granuloma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of intraventricular masses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / surgery
  • Child
  • Choroid Plexus / pathology*
  • Choroid Plexus / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / complications*
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Reoperation