Involvement of occipital bone in langerhans cell histiocytosis: A case report [Oksipital kemik yerleşimli langerhans hücreli histiyositozis: Olgu sunumu]

Abstract

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis is termed as a group of diseases that leads to have same histopathology, but different clinical symptoms. The disease has 3 distinct forms and the localized form is termed as Eosinophilic granuloma . Eosinophilic granuloma is the localized form of which has the least clinical severity and the most favourable subtype in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis group. The treatment options are available as surgery removal, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy alone or in combinations. In this paper, a young adult patient was represented who referred to our clinic with complaints of swelling and pain on right occipital region, and who diagnosed as Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (Eosinophilic granuloma) after evaluation of radiologic tests and histopathologic survey. © 2014, Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Medicine. All rights reserved.