Treatment of localized Langerhans' cell histiocytosis of the mandible with intralesional steroid injection: report of a case. 2010

Alparslan Esen, and Doğan Dolanmaz, and Abdullah Kalayci, and Omer Günhan, and Mustafa Cihat Avunduk
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical Park Hospital, Antalya, Turkey. dtaesen@hotmail.com

Localized Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LLCH), formerly known as eosinophilic granuloma, mainly affects the skull, mandible, vertebrae, and ribs in children and the long bones of adults. Symptoms range from none to pain, swelling, and tenderness over the site of the lesion. General malaise and fever occasionally are present. Radiographically, lesions appear as radiolucent areas with well demarcated borders. LLCH may resolve spontaneously after biopsy in a period of months to years. However, if features include continuous pain, decrease of function, pathologic fractures, migration and resorption of teeth, or rapid progression, then active treatment needs to be considered. Treatment approaches include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and intralesional injection of corticosteroids. In children with mandibular LLCH, 1 dose of methyprednisolone succinate injection has proven to be adequate. However, injections have not been performed in cases involving pathologic fracture. We report a new case of LLCH of the mandible that caused a pathologic fracture in an adult patient. Repeated intralesional corticosteroid injections resulted in fracture line disappearance within 14 months and lesion healing by the end of the 36-month follow-up.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008336 Mandibular Diseases Diseases involving the MANDIBLE. Disease, Mandibular,Diseases, Mandibular,Mandibular Disease
D008337 Mandibular Fractures Fractures of the lower jaw. Fracture, Mandibular,Fractures, Mandibular,Mandibular Fracture
D008776 Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate A water-soluble ester of METHYLPREDNISOLONE used for cardiac, allergic, and hypoxic emergencies. Methylprednisolone Succinate,6 alpha-Methylprednisolone Sodium Hemisuccinate,A-MethaPred,Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate Monosodium Salt,Methylprednisolone Sodium Hemisuccinate,Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate,Solu-Medrol,Solumedrol,Urbason-Soluble,Hemisuccinate, Methylprednisolone,Sodium Hemisuccinate, Methylprednisolone,Sodium Succinate, Methylprednisolone,Succinate, Methylprednisolone,UrbasonSoluble
D011862 Radiography, Panoramic Extraoral body-section radiography depicting an entire maxilla, or both maxilla and mandible, on a single film. Orthopantomography,Panoramic Radiography,Pantomography,Orthopantomographies,Panoramic Radiographies,Pantomographies,Radiographies, Panoramic
D005598 Fractures, Spontaneous Fractures occurring as a result of disease of a bone or from some undiscoverable cause, and not due to trauma. (Dorland, 27th ed) Fractures, Pathological,Fracture, Pathologic,Fracture, Pathological,Fractures, Pathologic,Pathological Fracture,Pathological Fractures,Fracture, Spontaneous,Pathologic Fracture,Pathologic Fractures,Spontaneous Fracture,Spontaneous Fractures
D005938 Glucocorticoids A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS that affect carbohydrate metabolism (GLUCONEOGENESIS, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of BLOOD SUGAR), inhibit ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE secretion, and possess pronounced anti-inflammatory activity. They also play a role in fat and protein metabolism, maintenance of arterial blood pressure, alteration of the connective tissue response to injury, reduction in the number of circulating lymphocytes, and functioning of the central nervous system. Glucocorticoid,Glucocorticoid Effect,Glucorticoid Effects,Effect, Glucocorticoid,Effects, Glucorticoid
D006646 Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell A group of disorders resulting from the abnormal proliferation of and tissue infiltration by LANGERHANS CELLS which can be detected by their characteristic Birbeck granules (X bodies), or by monoclonal antibody staining for their surface CD1 ANTIGENS. Langerhans-cell granulomatosis can involve a single organ, or can be a systemic disorder. Histiocytosis X,Langerhans-Cell Granulomatosis,Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis,Hand-Schueller-Christian Disease,Hand-Schueller-Christian Syndrome,Hand-Schüller-Christian Disease,Hand-Schüller-Christian Syndrome,Hashimoto-Pritzger Disease,Histiocytosis, Generalized,Histiocytosis-X,Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis,Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis, Pulmonary,Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis,Letterer-Siwe Disease,Non-Lipid Reticuloendotheliosis,Pulmonary Histiocytosis X,Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis,Schueller-Christian Disease,Systemic Aleukemic Reticuloendotheliosis,Type 2 Histiocytosis,Aleukemic Reticuloendothelioses, Systemic,Aleukemic Reticuloendotheliosis, Systemic,Cell Granulomatoses, Langerhans,Cell Granulomatosis, Langerhans,Cell Histiocytoses, Langerhans,Cell Histiocytosis, Langerhans,Disease, Hand-Schueller-Christian,Disease, Hand-Schüller-Christian,Disease, Hashimoto-Pritzger,Disease, Letterer-Siwe,Disease, Schueller-Christian,Diseases, Hashimoto-Pritzger,Generalized Histiocytoses,Generalized Histiocytosis,Granulomatoses, Langerhans Cell,Granulomatosis, Langerhans Cell,Granulomatosis, Langerhans-Cell,Hand Schueller Christian Disease,Hand Schueller Christian Syndrome,Hand Schüller Christian Disease,Hand Schüller Christian Syndrome,Hashimoto Pritzger Disease,Hashimoto-Pritzger Diseases,Histiocytoses, Generalized,Histiocytoses, Langerhans Cell,Histiocytoses, Type 2,Histiocytosis X, Pulmonary,Histiocytosis, Langerhans Cell,Histiocytosis, Type 2,Langerhans Cell Granulomatoses,Langerhans Cell Histiocytoses,Letterer Siwe Disease,Non Lipid Reticuloendotheliosis,Non-Lipid Reticuloendothelioses,Reticuloendothelioses, Non-Lipid,Reticuloendothelioses, Systemic Aleukemic,Reticuloendotheliosis, Non-Lipid,Reticuloendotheliosis, Systemic Aleukemic,Schueller Christian Disease,Syndrome, Hand-Schueller-Christian,Syndrome, Hand-Schüller-Christian,Systemic Aleukemic Reticuloendothelioses,Type 2 Histiocytoses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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