Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a spectrum of disorders characterized by accumulation of histiocytes in various tissues. It is rarely encountered in ophthalmic practice and has an affinity for the orbit. We report three patients with LCH involving the lateral orbital wall, each with a differe...

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Autores principales: Das, Jayanta K., Soibam, Ronel, Tiwary, B. K., Magdalene, D., Paul, S. B., Bhuyan, Cida
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2903920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927212
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.57315
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author Das, Jayanta K.
Soibam, Ronel
Tiwary, B. K.
Magdalene, D.
Paul, S. B.
Bhuyan, Cida
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description Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a spectrum of disorders characterized by accumulation of histiocytes in various tissues. It is rarely encountered in ophthalmic practice and has an affinity for the orbit. We report three patients with LCH involving the lateral orbital wall, each with a different form of the condition.
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spelling pubmed-29039202010-10-06 Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases Das, Jayanta K. Soibam, Ronel Tiwary, B. K. Magdalene, D. Paul, S. B. Bhuyan, Cida Oman J Ophthalmol Case Report Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH) is a spectrum of disorders characterized by accumulation of histiocytes in various tissues. It is rarely encountered in ophthalmic practice and has an affinity for the orbit. We report three patients with LCH involving the lateral orbital wall, each with a different form of the condition. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2903920/ /pubmed/20927212 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.57315 Text en © Oman Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Das, Jayanta K.
Soibam, Ronel
Tiwary, B. K.
Magdalene, D.
Paul, S. B.
Bhuyan, Cida
Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases
title Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases
title_full Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases
title_fullStr Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases
title_full_unstemmed Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases
title_short Orbital manifestations of Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis: A report of three cases
title_sort orbital manifestations of langerhans cell histiocytosis: a report of three cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2903920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20927212
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.57315
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