Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls

A 4‐year‐old girl was admitted to hospital with disturbance of balance. After being questioned, parents remembered an otitis with effusion 3 months earlier. CT‐scans revealed destruction of both temporal bones. Initial biopsy showed granulomatous, necrotic inflammation, which led to comprehensive di...

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Autores principales: Pähler vor der Holte, Anja, Welkoborsky´, Hans‐Jürgen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9556999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36254150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6057
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description A 4‐year‐old girl was admitted to hospital with disturbance of balance. After being questioned, parents remembered an otitis with effusion 3 months earlier. CT‐scans revealed destruction of both temporal bones. Initial biopsy showed granulomatous, necrotic inflammation, which led to comprehensive differential diagnoses. A second tissue sample confirmed Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
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spelling pubmed-95569992022-10-16 Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls Pähler vor der Holte, Anja Welkoborsky´, Hans‐Jürgen Clin Case Rep Case Report A 4‐year‐old girl was admitted to hospital with disturbance of balance. After being questioned, parents remembered an otitis with effusion 3 months earlier. CT‐scans revealed destruction of both temporal bones. Initial biopsy showed granulomatous, necrotic inflammation, which led to comprehensive differential diagnoses. A second tissue sample confirmed Langerhans cell histiocytosis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9556999/ /pubmed/36254150 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6057 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls
title Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls
title_full Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls
title_fullStr Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls
title_full_unstemmed Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls
title_short Case report: Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the temporal bone in children: Challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with some pitfalls
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