What is Eosinophilic granuloma?

What is Eosinophilic granuloma?

• Eosinophilic granuloma: A fairly benign form of bone tumor.
• Eosinophilic granuloma: A clinical variant of Langerhans cell histiocytosis characterised by unifocal involvement of a bone (most often), skin, or lung. Patients are usually older children or adults usually presenting with a lytic bone lesion. The etiology is unknown. Morphologically, eosinophilic granuloma is characterised by the presence of Langerhans cells in a characteristic milieu which includes histiocytes, eosinophiles neutrophiles, and small, mature lymphocytes. -- 2003
  Source - Diseases Database

Eosinophilic granuloma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Eosinophilic granuloma, or a subtype of Eosinophilic granuloma, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Eosinophilic granuloma: Introduction

Who gets Eosinophilic granuloma?

Gender Ratio for Eosinophilic granuloma: male:female 3:2

How serious is Eosinophilic granuloma?

Complications of Eosinophilic granuloma: see complications of Eosinophilic granuloma

What are the symptoms of Eosinophilic granuloma?

Symptoms of Eosinophilic granuloma: see symptoms of Eosinophilic granuloma

Complications of Eosinophilic granuloma: see complications of Eosinophilic granuloma

Eosinophilic granuloma: Testing

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Eosinophilic granuloma.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Eosinophilic granuloma: see treatments for Eosinophilic granuloma
Research for Eosinophilic granuloma: see research for Eosinophilic granuloma

Name and Aliases of Eosinophilic granuloma

Main name of condition: Eosinophilic granuloma

Lichtenstein-Jaffe syndrome, unifocal eosinophilic bone granuloma

Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Letterer-Siwe syndrome, Schueller-Christian disease, Histiocytosis X Source - Diseases Database

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