Orbital involvement in Erdheim-Chester disease

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-240

  Lau, Winnie W Y ^a   Chan, Edwin ^b   Chan, Clement W N ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b TUNG WAH EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Eyelid diseases; Histiocytosis; Non Langerhans' cell; Orbital diseases; Xanthomatosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; ERDHEIM CHESTER DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT TUMOR; OSTEOPENIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; XANTHOGRANULOMA;

ERDHEIM-CHESTER DISEASE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HISTIOCYTES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORBITAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 34250373250     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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