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A Case of Langerhan’s Cell Histiocytosis of Temporal Bone

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We present a case of isolated Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis in a six year old child who presented with right otorrhoea, retro-aural swelling and hearing loss. The preoperative provisional diagnosis was cholesteatoma, per operative differential diagnosis was rhabdomyosarcoma and final histological and immunohistochemistry diagnosis was Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis.

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  1. Department of ENT, MERF-Madras ENT Research Foundation (Pvt) Ltd, 1, First Cross Street, Off Second Main Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600028, India

    Sunil Mathews & Mohan Kameswaran

  2. Department of Dermatology, St Thomas hospital, St Thomas Mount, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Asha Treesa Jose

  3. Department of Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    M. Susruthan

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Dr Sunil Mathews, Dr Asha Treesa Jose, Dr M Susruthan and Prof Mohan Kameswaran. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Dr Sunil Mathews and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Mathews, S., Jose, A.T., Susruthan, M. et al. A Case of Langerhan’s Cell Histiocytosis of Temporal Bone. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 3), 3789–3793 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02602-z

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