Langerhans-cell histiocytosis of the cervical spine in an adult patient: Case report and review of the literature

Ines Vielgut; Bernadette Liegl-Atzwanger; Gerhard Bratschitsch; Andreas Leithner; Roman Radl

doi:10.1016/j.jor.2017.03.010

Langerhans-cell histiocytosis of the cervical spine in an adult patient: Case report and review of the literature

J Orthop. 2017 Mar 25;14(2):264-267. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2017.03.010. eCollection 2017 Jun.

Authors

Ines Vielgut¹, Bernadette Liegl-Atzwanger², Gerhard Bratschitsch¹, Andreas Leithner¹, Roman Radl¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria.
² Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria.

Abstract

Langerhans-cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare, benign bone tumor, usually occurring in children and younger adults under 20 years old. Only a few cases of solitary bone lesions of the adult spine are reported in literature, therapeutic guidelines or treatment regimens for lesions of the adult spine are not established yet to our knowledge.