Multisystem Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (Hand-Schüller-Christian disease) in an adult: A case report and review of the literature

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 326-330

  Scolozzi, P ^a   Lombardi, T ^b   Monnier, P ^a   Jaques, B ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diabetes insipidus; Langherhans' cell histiocytosis; Mandibular lytic lesions; Mastoiditis; Panhypopituitarism

Indexed keywords

DESMOPRESSIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; JAW DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MASTOID; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS, NEUROGENIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; HYPOPITUITARISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3242886103     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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