{"title":"A great mimicker of mastoiditis- Multisystem Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis","authors":"F. Kin, O. Ai, F. Hussain, B. Goh","doi":"10.32448/ENTUPDATES.673014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare group of diseases characterized by abnormal clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells in one or more systems. LCH can occur in any system. We report a case of bilateral otologic LCH that presented as a case of mastoiditis. Despite multiple courses of antibiotics, there was no improvement. Subsequent excision biopsy of a postauricular mass confirmed the diagnosis of LCH. The patient responded well to chemotherapy.","PeriodicalId":41744,"journal":{"name":"ENT Updates","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2020-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ENT Updates","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.32448/ENTUPDATES.673014","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare group of diseases characterized by abnormal clonal proliferation of Langerhans cells in one or more systems. LCH can occur in any system. We report a case of bilateral otologic LCH that presented as a case of mastoiditis. Despite multiple courses of antibiotics, there was no improvement. Subsequent excision biopsy of a postauricular mass confirmed the diagnosis of LCH. The patient responded well to chemotherapy.