title: [Orbital eosinophil granuloma. Case report and review of the literature].
abstract: Eosinophyl granuloma is a rare tumor effecting mainly children, involving the vault more frequently than the skull base. Treatment is mainly surgical, adjuvant therapies can be used only in special cases. The report is about he casde of a 8-year-old girl o presented with a right frontal mass and a non-significant exophtalmia; Neuroradilogical investigations showed a non-painful frontolateral mass with bone erosion in regard. Surgery revealed an invasive tumor for the temporal bone and muscles. Histological, epidemiological and radiological features are discussed in the study.
authors.affiliation: Service de neutrochirurgie: Institut National de Neurologie.
authors.forename: Bahri
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kamel
authors.forename: Ben Said
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Imed
authors.forename: Kallel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jalel
authors.forename: Boubaker
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adnene
authors.forename: Sellami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adnene
authors.forename: Hassoumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hedi
authors.forename: Bouzaiene
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.forename: Yedeas
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mondher
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009915:Orbit / Q000473:pathology; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography