Pediatric neurology
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Pediatric neurology · Sep 2016
Case ReportsDiffuse Encephalopathy Associated with Isolated Cerebral Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.
Langerhans cell histiocytosis is a rare disease of the monocyte-macrophage system. Abnormalities of the hypothalamic-pituitary region are common in individuals with central nervous system involvement. ⋯ Similar MRI findings have rarely been described in the literature. These findings represent part of the broad neuroradiological spectrum of Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the nervous system in children.