Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report

Eosinophilic granuloma is a non-neoplastic lesion commonly occurs in paediatric age group, arising from clonal proliferation of Langerhans-type histiocytes. Vertebral involvement has been frequently reported in approximately 10-15% of cases, but involvement of the spinal cord and roots remains a rar...

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Main Authors: Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Johari, Joehaimey, Omar, Ahmad Sabri
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling iium-45832011-12-07T02:42:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4583/ Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff Johari, Joehaimey Omar, Ahmad Sabri RD701 Orthopedics Eosinophilic granuloma is a non-neoplastic lesion commonly occurs in paediatric age group, arising from clonal proliferation of Langerhans-type histiocytes. Vertebral involvement has been frequently reported in approximately 10-15% of cases, but involvement of the spinal cord and roots remains a rare occurrence. Patients may present with progressive back pain, with or without neurologic symptoms. We describe an additional case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the spine in a young adult presented with a progressive back pain with quadriparesis. 2011-05 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4583/1/%28MOA_2011%29_Paediatric_cause_of_back_pain_in_young_adult_-_A_case_report.pdf Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff and Johari, Joehaimey and Omar, Ahmad Sabri (2011) Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report. In: 41st Malaysian Orthopaedic Association Annual General Meeting/ Annual Scientific Meeting, 22 - 24 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. (Unpublished)
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Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Johari, Joehaimey
Omar, Ahmad Sabri
Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report
description Eosinophilic granuloma is a non-neoplastic lesion commonly occurs in paediatric age group, arising from clonal proliferation of Langerhans-type histiocytes. Vertebral involvement has been frequently reported in approximately 10-15% of cases, but involvement of the spinal cord and roots remains a rare occurrence. Patients may present with progressive back pain, with or without neurologic symptoms. We describe an additional case of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the spine in a young adult presented with a progressive back pain with quadriparesis.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Johari, Joehaimey
Omar, Ahmad Sabri
author_facet Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
Johari, Joehaimey
Omar, Ahmad Sabri
author_sort Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff
title Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report
title_short Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report
title_full Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report
title_fullStr Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report
title_full_unstemmed Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report
title_sort paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. a case report
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/4583/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/4583/1/%28MOA_2011%29_Paediatric_cause_of_back_pain_in_young_adult_-_A_case_report.pdf
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