A 7th nerve palsy in a child with Langerhans histiocytosis.
A 7-year-old girl developed an osteolytic soft tissue mass extending into the right orbital floor and maxillary sinus which was confirmed to be Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Partial lower motor 7th nerve palsy had developed, likely due-to a combination of local swelling from the tumour and the steroids.
Nemet
Arie Y
AY
Department of Ophthalmology, Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. nemeta@yahoo.com
Danks
Jenny
J
Grigg
John
J
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010291:Paresis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed