Department of Pathology, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, PA, USA.
Brain Pathol. 2013 May;23(3):363-4. doi: 10.1111/bpa.12052.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), previously referred to as histiocytosis X, is a dendritic cell histiocytic tumor that demonstrates a variable spectrum of organ involvement. Clinical syndromes within this entity include eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Abt-Letterer-Siwe Disease, and Hashimoto-Pritzker disease. Currently, it is classified on the basis of extent, such as unifocal, multifocal, or disseminated disease. LCH typically occurs in childhood and adolescence as solitary osteolytic lesions. When involving the central nervous system, it is usually either a result of extra-axial extension from skull vault epicenters, or is restricted to the hypothalamic-pituitary axis. Discrete intraparenchymal, intra-axial CNS lesions are rare. This report presents a case of an intra-axial LCH in a 29 year-old male who, following this diagnosis, was found to have multiple pulmonary lesions on imaging, attributed to the same disease process.
朗格汉斯细胞组织细胞增生症(LCH),以前称为组织细胞增生症 X,是一种树突状细胞组织细胞肿瘤,表现出多种器官受累的谱。该实体中的临床综合征包括嗜酸性肉芽肿、韩-薛-柯病、阿-伯-利特病和桥本-普里茨克病。目前,它是基于范围进行分类的,例如局灶性、多灶性或播散性疾病。LCH 通常发生在儿童和青少年时期,表现为孤立性溶骨性病变。当涉及中枢神经系统时,它通常是颅骨穹窿中心点的颅外延伸的结果,或者仅限于下丘脑-垂体轴。离散的脑实质内、脑内 CNS 病变很少见。本报告介绍了一例 29 岁男性的脑内 LCH 病例,在诊断为 LCH 后,他在影像学上发现了多个肺部病变,归因于同一疾病过程。