title: Histiocytosis X. Recurrent otitis media as a presenting symptom in children with special references to cholesteatoma.
abstract: Ten children with histiocytosis X and recurrent otitis media as a presenting symptom were compared to children with otitis media complicating cholesteatoma. When radiography and biopsy findings were not diagnostic a low age (less than 3 years) and a remaining elevated ESR were characters that most effectively separated the histiocytosis X group from the cholesteatoma group.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000209:etiology*; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence