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Title
HAND-SCHÜLLER-CHRISTIAN DISEASE: REPORT OF A CASE AND A REVIEW OF LITERATuRE
Authors
F. NAMDAR PEKINER 1 , M.O. bORAHAN 1 , S. OzbAyRAK 1 , C. ALATLI 2 , G. KIzILyEL 1
Affiliations
1 Marmara University Dentistry Faculty Department Of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Istanbul,
TURKEY, 2 Istanbul University Institute of Oncology Department of Oncologic Cytology and
Tumor Pathology, Istanbul, TURKEY
Body
Objectives: The term histiocytosis X was introduced as a collective designation for a spectrum
of clinopathologic disorders characterized by proliferation of histiocyte-like cells. The
distinctive histiocytic cells present in this lesion have been identified as Langerhans cells,
and the condition is now designated as Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Chronic disseminated
histiocytosis-a disease involving bone, skin, and viscera (Hand-Schüller-Christian disease). The
often-cited Hand-Schüller-Christian triad-bones lesions, exoophthalmos, and diabetes insipidus-
is present in only a few patients with chronic disseminated disease. Chronic disseminated
disease is often associated with considerable morbidity, but few patients die as a result of
the disease. The aim of this report is to present a case of Hand-Schüller-Christian disease in a
34-year-old male patient.
Methods: In addition to clinical examination the patient was imaged using medical and panoramic
examination, and histological examination.
Conclusion: Radiological and histological examinations is important in dental practice and
clinicans must be watchfull of the presence of dental and mucosal abnormalities.
Keywords
HAND-SCHÜLLER-CHRISTIAN,osteopathy,scintagraphy
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