Unusual Neurological Manifestation of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis in an Adult. 2022

Imen Achour, and Ines Kharrat, and Youssef Hbaieb, and Mariam Ben Ayed, and Malek Mnejja, and Bouthaina Hammami, and Basma Souissi, and Ilhem Charfeddine
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia.

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis is a rare disorder characterized by an abnormal proliferation of Langerhans cells in one or multiple organs. It rarely presents with a central vestibular involvement. We report a case of a multisystem Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis with mucosal, hepatic, and neurological involvement, presenting with dizziness and balance disorders. A 39-year-old woman with a histopathologically confirmed mucosal palatal Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis presented with a history of dizziness for a year. Vestibular examination revealed a saccadic eyes pursuit, an up beating spontaneous nystagmus, a bilateral gaze nystagmus and a prolonged positional nystagmus, in the supine roll test. Pure tone audiometry showed a slight left sensorineural hearing loss at the 8000 Hz frequency. Computed tomography (CT) scan showed a bilateral maxillary sinus fullness and a peripheral osteosclerosis of the surrounding bony walls. Hepatic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a typical hepatic involvement with a hepatomegaly with countless cysts. Temporal bone CT scan and MRI were normal. Cerebral MRI showed an hyperintense nodular signal at T2 FLAIR weighted images lateral to the right pons, at the level of the left middle cerebellar peduncle and at the left mesencephalon. Balance disorders can rarely present a sign of a degenerative neurological cerebellar involvement. Such a rare manifestation can present in different neurological disorders such as Langerhans' cell Histiocytosis.

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