[Langerhans cell granulomatosis of the orbit. Apropos of an anatomo-clinical case]

J Fr Ophtalmol. 1995;18(8-9):548-52.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Langerhans' cell granulomatosis of the orbit was observed in a 7-year-old boy successfully treated by a simple biopsy. Recovery can be established one year after the biopsy on the basis of bone defect healing on the standard X-ray of the skull.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / diagnosis
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / pathology*
  • Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnosis
  • Orbital Diseases / pathology*
  • Orbital Diseases / surgery