The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Table of Contents - January 1982 - Volume 96, Issue 01  

Clinical records

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy in a Nigerian child

E. O. Adekeyea1, M. B. Edwardsa2 and G. F. Goubrana3

a1 Maxillo-facial Unit, ABU Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria.

a2 Department of Dental Science, Royal College of Surgeons of England.

a3 Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery, Central Middlesex Hospital, formerly seconded to the Maxillo-facial Unit, Kaduna.

Summary

Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a rare, benign lympho-proliferative disorder of unknown aetiology that chiefly affects the cervical lymphnodes of children. Various extranodal manifestations are recognized, especially in the head and neck. A case is described in a Nigerian child that illustrates problems of differential diagnosis.

Footnotes

Kaduna, Nigeria and London

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