Symptomatic Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the juvenile cervical spine: A case report

We report on a six year old female presented with a painful torticollis and a hemidysaesthesia caused by destruction of the third cervical vertebra an d a paravertebral soft-tissue mass. At diagnostic routine finally a biopsy gives the diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. In a second open appr oach the destructed vertebral body was replaced by a precisly adjusted auto logous bone interponate and the patient was maintained in halo vest immobil isation. The outcome is described and an overview of the current literature is given.