Multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis with infiltrative pelvic lesions: PET/CT imaging

Clin Nucl Med. 2010 Oct;35(10):824-6. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181ef0b31.

Abstract

Langerhans cell histiocytosis is essentially a pediatric disorder with a large spectrum encompassing focal lytic osseous eosinophilic granuloma, chronic multifocal Hand-Schuller-Christian lesions, and fulminant disseminated Letterer-Siwe syndrome. However, adult involvement is not uncommon. The authors present a case of multifocal Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a 47-year-old woman. The PET/CT-depicted infiltrative features of soft tissue and osseous pelvic lesions with obstructive uropathy are unusual for this disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / diagnostic imaging*
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pelvis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pelvis / pathology*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*