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The subject of this paper is a 2-year-old child with progressive paraparesis. MRI showed a large lumbosacral intradural-extramedullary mass and the histological diagnosis was Langerhans cell histiocytosis. The histopathological and neuroradiological findings are discussed.
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Tortori-Donati, P., Danieli, D., Meli, S. et al. Langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting as a lumbosacral intradural-extramedullary mass. Pediatr Radiol 26, 731–733 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01383392
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