Adult onset Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the orbit - A case report

Orbit

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-103

  Subramanian, Nirmala ^a   Krishnakumar, Subramanian ^a   Babu, Kalpana ^a   Mohan, E Ravindra ^a   Lakshmi, K S ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Orbital tumors; Radiotherapy; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; ONSET AGE; ORBIT DISEASE; ORBIT HISTIOCYTOSIS X; ORBIT TUMOR; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; SKULL DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; ORBITAL DISEASES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; S100 PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4744353424     PISSN: 01676830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01676830490501550     Document Type: Article

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