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Juvenile xanthogranuloma of temporal bone – a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

E. J. Farrugia
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
S. Ali Raza*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
A. Penrose Stephen
Affiliation:
Singleton Hospital and the Department of Neurosurgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr S. Ali Raza F.R.C.S.I, Registrar in ENT, Department of Otolaryngology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea.

Abstract

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is an unusual condition of childhood. It commonly presents as cutaneous lesions normally localized to the dermis and is benign. A case report of a two-year-old girl with juvenile xanthogranuloma involving the right temporal bone (petro-mastoid region) which was locally destructive, is presented.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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