title: [A boy with a painful tumour of his skull].
abstract: A 12-year-old boy presented with an increasing painful swelling of the skull. Physical examination revealed in the left parieto-occipital region a skin-coloured solid mass of 2-3 cm in diameter. The X-ray of the skull was highly suspicious for Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Histopathology of a biopsy of the lesion confirmed the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Ede.
authors.forename: Kirsten S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: de Fluiter
authors.forename: Cor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van den Bos
authors.forename: Karin P S
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Langenberg-Ververgaert
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed