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[Inaugural trunk dystonia revealing Langerhans cell histiocytosis].
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Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie [Arch Pediatr] 2009 Jul; Vol. 16 (7), pp. 1021-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 May 09. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a multisystemic disease, which may present with neurological involvement. We report the case of a 20-month-old girl with initial liver and skin involvement. Initial symptoms were recurrent episodes of trunk dystonia, lasting approximately 2 months prior to the diagnosis of LCH. No brain MRI abnormality was demonstrated at initial work-up and over 7 years of follow-up, except for a postpituitary involvement noted after 3 years of follow-up. These episodes of dystonia subsided during the first week of specific LCH chemotherapy (vinblastine and steroid), suggesting that they may have resulted from hepatalgia related to the histiocytic infiltration of the liver.
- Subjects :
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic therapeutic use
Biopsy
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Dystonic Disorders drug therapy
Dystonic Disorders pathology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell drug therapy
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell pathology
Humans
Hypothalamic Diseases diagnosis
Hypothalamic Diseases drug therapy
Hypothalamic Diseases pathology
Infant
Liver pathology
Liver Diseases diagnosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pituitary Diseases diagnosis
Pituitary Diseases drug therapy
Pituitary Diseases pathology
Prednisone therapeutic use
Skin pathology
Skin Diseases diagnosis
Ultrasonography
Vinblastine therapeutic use
Dystonic Disorders etiology
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 1769-664X
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19428224
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcped.2009.03.011