Eosinophilic Granuloma: A Rare and Often Benign Condition Presenting as a Lump on the Head, which was Easily Treated.

Eosinophilic granuloma Langerhans cell histiocytosis

Journal

European journal of case reports in internal medicine
ISSN: 2284-2594
Titre abrégé: Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 101648453

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2021
Historique:
received: 17 06 2021
accepted: 21 06 2021
entrez: 11 8 2021
pubmed: 12 8 2021
medline: 12 8 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Eosinophilic granuloma is a localized, non-invasive form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis. It usually develops in the long bones and is more frequent in children under the age of 10 years. It is very rare in adults. We present the case of a young woman admitted to hospital for persistent refractory left parietal headache, later revealed to be caused by an eosinophilic granuloma. Eosinophilic granuloma is a localized benign form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.It is essential to exclude the presence of bone lesions in other locations and/or systemic involvement.The prognosis is good, with surgical resection, when necessary, being a curative intervention, although sometimes (as in this case) a conservative approach is sufficient.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34377705
doi: 10.12890/2021_002727
pii: 2727-1-23793-1-10-20210719
pmc: PMC8336745
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

002727

Informations de copyright

© EFIM 2021.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interests: The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Références

Skeletal Radiol. 2020 Dec;49(12):1925-1937
pubmed: 32451558
Radiology. 1980 Aug;136(2):289-93
pubmed: 7403498

Auteurs

Tatiana Pires (T)

Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.

Catarina Duarte Santos (C)

Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.

Miguel Gonzalez Santos (M)

Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.

Luis Luz (L)

Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.

Ana Ferrão (A)

Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.

Maria J Banza (MJ)

Department of Internal Medicine, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal.

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