title: [Histiocytosis X of temporal bone in a 5 year old boy].
abstract: Histiocytosis X or Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a disease including three less distinctive and overlapping conditions called eosinophilic granuloma (EG), Hand-Schüller-Christian (HSC) disease and Letterer-Siwe (LS) disease. A high index of suspicion is required to diagnose histiocytosis, especially when an ear disease is refractory to medical treatment. The authors present a case report of histiocytosis X in a 5-year-old boy with ear involvement. Bone destruction involved temporal bone and zygomatic process. The role of imaging diagnosis in evaluation of lesion extent with special consideration of CT is presented.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Otolaryngologii Specjalistycznego Szpitala im. W. Biegańskiego w Grudziadzu. mmodrzynski@lekarz.net
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Modrzyński
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wróbel
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gryń
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zawisza
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed