Isolated intramedullary histiocytosis-X of the cervical spinal cord. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1995 Oct;83(4):716-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1995.83.4.0716.

Abstract

Histiocytosis-X is known to involve the central nervous system, but rarely does this disease involve the spinal cord. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of isolated intramedullary histiocytosis-X of the spinal cord to be reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cervical Vertebrae
  • Histiocytes / pathology
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • S100 Proteins / analysis
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology*

Substances

  • S100 Proteins