Metachronous Eosinophilic Granuloma of Rib in an Adult Patient

Creative Commons License

Ozkan D., Demiröz Ş. M., Sayan M., Turan M., Kurul İ. C.

CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE, cilt.13, sa.12, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.7759/cureus.20670
  • Dergi Adı: CUREUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: surgical treatment, metachronous tumour, chest wall tumour, eosinophilic granuloma, langerhans cell histiocytosis
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Eosinophilic granuloma (EG) is the unifocal osseous form of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), which usually affects the skull and long bones. Although it most commonly affects the pediatric age group, it can rarely be seen in adults. Skeletal involvement is common in adult patients, but isolated rib involvement is extremely rare. Differential diagnosis includes other osteolytic lesions such as Ewing's sarcoma, tuberculosis, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, and primary bone malignancy.