JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA OF TEMPORAL BONE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
FARRUGIA EJ ALIRAZA S STEPHEN AP
Citation
Ej. Farrugia et al., JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA OF TEMPORAL BONE - A CASE-REPORT, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 111(1), 1997, pp. 63-65
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
111
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
63 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1997)111:1<63:JXOTB->2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Juvenile xanthogranuloma is an unusual condition of childhood. It comm only presents as cutaneous lesions normally localized to the dermis an d is benign. A case report of a two-year-old girl with juvenile xantho granuloma involving the right temporal bone (petro-mastoid region) whi ch was locally destructive, is presented.