%0 Journal Article
%T Xantogranulomatosis orbitaria: Enfermedad de Erdheim-Chester
%A Rozas Reyes
%A P
%A Se£¿aris Gonz¨¢lez
%A A
%A Gonz¨¢lez Rodr¨ªguez
%A CM
%J Archivos de la Sociedad Espa£¿ola de Oftalmolog¨ªa
%D 2004
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4321/S0365-66912004001000009
%X case report: a patient was studied because of upper lid bilateral edema and xanthelasmae-like lesions after three years of evolution. during the ophthalmologic examination orange-yellowish lesions and two symmetrical tumours were observed on the temporal part of both upper lids. corticoid-therapy was undertaken which reduced the size of the tumours, however the size increased again after the discontinuation of treatment. a biopsy was performed and lid xanthogranulomatosis was diagnosed. other systemic examinations were normal. discussion: erdheim-chester disease is a xanthogranulomatosis that can affect ocular and periorbital structures. combination of xanthelasmae-like lesions and bilateral orbital masses should make us consider this process and try to locate any associated systemic conditions.
%K xanthogranulomatosis
%K erdheim-chester disease.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-66912004001000009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en