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Published online 20 February 2008
Haematologica, Vol 93, Issue 4, 615-618 doi:10.3324/haematol.11827
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Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Neurodegenerative central nervous system disease as late sequelae of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Report from the Japan LCH Study Group

Shinsaku Imashuku1, Yoko Shioda2, Ryoji Kobayashi3, Gaku Hosoi4, Hisanori Fujino5, Shiro Seto5, Hisashi Wakita6, Akira Oka2, Nagisa Okazaki7, Naoto Fujita8, Toshinori Minato9, Kenichi Koike10, Yukiko Tsunematsu2, Akira Morimoto11 the Japan LCH Study Group (JLSG)

1 Takasago-seibu Hospital, Takasago
2 National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo
3 Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo
4 Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka
5 Kishiwada City Hospital, Kishiwada
6 Narita Red Cross Hospital, Narita
7 Sasebo City General Hospital, Sasebo
8 Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima
9 Toyooka Hospital, Toyooka
10 Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto and
11 Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Correspondence: Shinsaku Imashuku, MD, Division of Pediatrics, Takasago-seibu Hospital, 1-10-41 Nakasuji, Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan 676-0812. E-mail: shinim95{at}mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp

Clinical features, brain magnetic resonance imaging findings and EDSS scores of 11 patients with neurodegenerative central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis were analyzed in Japan. All patients initially had multi-system-type Langerhans cell histiocytosis; 8 at 1–2 years of age and 3 at a later age. Neurodegenerative central nervous system largermans cell histiocytosis disease developed after a median time interval of 3.9 years from initial diagnosis. With a median follow-up of 4.5 years, 6 patients showed progression of disease with an EDSS score >3. This study demonstrates the importance of early detection of neurodegenerative central nervous system Langerhans cell histiocytosis by brain magnetic resonance imaging, particularly in the follow-up of patients who developed multi-system-type Langerhans cell histiocytosis in early infancy.

Key words: Langerhans cell histiocytosis, late sequelae, neurodegenerative central nervous system disease.






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