DTI Findings of Brainstem Involvement in Langerhans’ Cell Histiocytosis
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : B. Kara · S. Albayram · A. اelik · S. Yildirim · L. Onat
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease caused by an uncontrolled clonal proliferation of dendritic cells, which may affect almost any organ [1]. A variety of lesions of the central nervous system (CNS) occurring during the course of the disease have been described in conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies [2]. However, to our knowledge, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) findings of brain involvement in LCH have not been published before. In this case report, we present DTI findings of pontine involvement in a patient with LCH and discuss possible underlying mechanisms for the changes seen in the DTI parameters
Clin Neuroradiol (2011) 21:23–26, Received: 10 June 2010 / Accepted: 2 August 2010 / Published online: 16 September 2010 © Urban & Vogel 2010
