Table 1.
Cases of solitary juvenile xanthogranuloma involving the spine reported in the literature
| Case | Author | Year | Age | Sex | Location | MRI scans | Surgical resection | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | Gd | |||||||
| 1 | Shimosawa | 1993 | 13 months | F | Intradural extramedullary T6–T9 | Low | Low | No | Total |
| 2 | Kitchen | 1995 | 14 years | F | S1 nerve root | Iso | High | – | Total |
| 3 | Kim | 1996 | 16 months | M | Intradural extramedullary T1–T2 | Iso | High | Homo | Total |
| 4 | Rampini | 2001 | 34 months | F | Intradural extramedullary C5–C7 | Iso | Iso | Homo | Total |
| 5 | Iwasaki | 2001 | 14 years | M | Cauda equine | – | – | Hyper | Biopsy + steroid, vinblastine |
| 6 | Cao | 2008 | 18 years | F | C2 nerve root | Iso | Iso | Hyper | Total |
| 7 | Castro-Gago | 2009 | 41 years | M | Cauda equine | Iso | – | Homo | Partial resection + steroid |
| 8 | Inoue | Present | 38 years | M | C8 nerve root | Iso | Iso | Homo | Total |
High high intensity, Iso isointensity, Low low intensity, Gd gadolinium, Homo homogeneous, Hyper hyperintense