title: Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with predominant periorbital involvement.
abstract: We present an unusual variant of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with periorbital involvement. Our patient had an unusually complicated course due to initial misdiagnosis and patient refusal to undergo treatment. We present her clinical course and review the literature on this rare lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. james.oestreicher@gmail.com
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oestreicher
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dookeran
authors.forename: Navdeep
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nijhawan
authors.forename: Arnost
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolin
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057112:Corneal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058252:Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy; D054517:Orbital Cellulitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy