Eosinophilic Granuloma

Traumatic granuloma/eosinophilic ulcer.

Two case reports of an uncommon type of oral ulcerative lesion are presented. These lesions are of long duration, benign and reactive, and may clinically mimic a malignant ulcer. Histologically, these are deep lesions which exhibit 'pseudoinvasion' into skeletal muscle. There is a predominance of eosinophils while other chronic inflammatory cells such as plasma cells and histiocytes are in abun...

[Orbital eosinophilic granuloma].

PURPOSE To report the retrospective experience of a reference center in the diagnosis and treatment of orbital eosinophilic granuloma. METHODS A review of the files in the Opththalmic Pathology Laboratory, of the Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, between 1974 and 2004, was conducted to identify cases of orbital eosinophilic granuloma. Data of diagn...

Eosinophilic granuloma: case report

Methods V. 29 months old comes to our hospital because of persistent lameness . The symptoms began three months before, after a trauma. For persisting pain and lameness the child was checked by an orthopaedist who diagnosed “hip transitory synovitis”. Infact radiography and ultrasonography of the hip and femoral head were negative. The child was prescribed therapy with NSAIDs. At first the chil...

Orbital Eosinophilic Granuloma

HPI: A 16 month old male patient presents to the UIHC Oculoplastics Clinic for evaluation of left-sided periorbital swelling. The swelling began three weeks prior to presentation in the setting of an upper respiratory infection. A short course of diphenhydramine did not relieve his symptoms. When he did not respond to a ten-day course of amoxicillin for presumed preseptal cellulitis, he was adm...

Eosinophilic granuloma of bone.