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¹,³,⁴,⁶Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery Izmir, Turkey
²Izmir Tepecik Training Hospital Department of Pathology Izmir, Turkey
⁵Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology Izmir, Turkey DOI : 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.1625-08.2 We present a case of a 47-year-old-woman with a complaint of cervical pain with paresthetic appearance on her left arm. She was treated with analgetics. Further radiological evaluation because of the persistent pain revealed an osteolytic destruction of the fourth cervical vertebra. The patient underwent anterior cervical corpectomy with total excision of the tumor. Stabilization of the cervical spine was performed. Histology confirmed the diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the cervical spine. This case report presents the histopathological evaluation, diagnostic work-up and the treatment procedures because of rarity of cervical spinal LCH cases in the literature. Keywords : Cervical pain, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Diagnostic, Therapy