Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Acta Paediatr. 2011 Jul;100(7):e36-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02125.x. Epub 2011 Jan 11.
There is currently no well-accepted therapy for central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis (CNS-LCH), a neuroinflammatory disease clinically characterized by often progressive, neurological symptoms including ataxia, dysarthria, dysphagia, hypertonicity, intellectual impairment and behavioural abnormalities. We applied immunomodulative/anti-inflammatory treatment on a patient with progressive CNS-LCH disease.
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) was administered monthly for 15 years to a patient with severe, image-verified neurodegenerative CNS-LCH.
During the IVIG treatment, the neurological deterioration initially appeared to be haltered, but over time there was still some deterioration.
IVIG may be beneficial in partly haltering CNS-LCH neurodegeneration, but further studies are needed.
目前尚无针对中枢神经系统朗格汉斯细胞组织细胞增生症(CNS-LCH)的有效治疗方法,CNS-LCH 是一种神经炎症性疾病,临床上表现为常进行性的神经系统症状,包括共济失调、构音障碍、吞咽困难、肌肉紧张、智力障碍和行为异常。我们对一名进展性中枢神经系统 LCH 疾病患者应用免疫调节/抗炎治疗。
对一名影像学证实存在严重神经退行性中枢神经系统 LCH 的患者,每月静脉注射免疫球蛋白(IVIG)治疗 15 年。
在 IVIG 治疗期间,神经功能恶化最初似乎得到了控制,但随着时间的推移,仍有一定程度的恶化。
IVIG 可能对部分阻止中枢神经系统 LCH 的神经退行性变有益,但仍需要进一步研究。