title: Juvenile xanthogranuloma--a rare cause of unilateral orbital swelling in an elderly patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the clinical and pathologic features of an elderly patient with a unilateral orbital swelling and proptosis caused by Juvenile Xanthogranuloma diagnosed and confirmed by orbital biopsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  One patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  Steroids (Medrol dose pack) and radiation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Unusual clinical presentation and pathological features of Juvenile Xanthogranuloma in the orbit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Juvenile Xanthogranuloma affecting one orbit is very rare with unilateral involvement in an elderly patient. Steroids and radiation therapy were very effective in treatment and provided impressive results.
authors: Summa Health System , Akron, Ohio , USA .
authors: K H
authors: KH
authors: Patel
authors: M
authors: M
authors: El-Yassir
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Erzurum
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016727:Orbital Pseudotumor / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Elderly; Juvenile Xanthogranuloma; orbital