A case of advanced granuloma eosinophylicum maxillae

We present a case of an advanced granuloma eosinophilicum of maxillary location in a 76 years old man who was admitted to our Department with symptoms of chronic pain in right zygomatic region. We want to lay emphasis on long lasting, low symptomatic development of this kind of tumor and to insist o...

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Published inOtolaryngologia Polska Vol. 60; no. 1; p. 85
Main Authors Pietrzak, Maciej, Szymański, Leszek
Format Journal Article
LanguagePolish
Published Poland 2006
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Eosinophilic Granuloma - diagnosis
Eosinophilic Granuloma - surgery
Humans
Male
Maxillary Neoplasms - diagnosis
Maxillary Neoplasms - surgery
Zygoma - pathology
Zygoma - surgery
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Summary:We present a case of an advanced granuloma eosinophilicum of maxillary location in a 76 years old man who was admitted to our Department with symptoms of chronic pain in right zygomatic region. We want to lay emphasis on long lasting, low symptomatic development of this kind of tumor and to insist on very carefull otorhinolaryngological and as well radiological examination. According to literature there are many methods used in the therapy of such cases begining with operations, through radiotherapy, the use of steroids or cytostatic drugs and also different combinations of mentioned possibilities. In our case we applied an operation without further radiotherapy and didn't observe any symptoms of recurrence so far. Granuloma eosinophilicum and its multifocal variety e.i. Hand-Schueller-Christian disease require different patterns of treatment depending on its location, tendency to recurrence and the age of affected person.
ISSN:0030-6657