Intracranial Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Dysarthria
and Gait Disturbance

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 29(4); 2011 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2011;29(4): 332-334.

구음장애와 보행장애로 나타난 두개내 랑게르한스 조직구증

유창곤, 이은재 유호성 황지혜 김보미 정선주

울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 신경과

Intracranial Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting with Dysarthria and Gait Disturbance

Chang Gon You

Department of Neurology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disease of the monocyte-macrophage system involving clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement of LCH occurs in 10-57% of all LCH cases. This disease is known to present in two ways in the CNS: intracranial tumorous lesions or intracranial nontumorous lesions (neurodegeneration). We report here an LCH patient who developed gait disturbance and dysarthria due to neurodegenerative lesions associated with LCH. Key Words: Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Neurodegenerative lesion