Revista de otología y rinología

Langerhans Cell Histiocystosis of Temporal Bone: Case Reports

Mehmet Akif Aksoy, Armagan Incesulu, Ercan Kaya, M Kezban Gurbuz, Hamdi Cakli

Histiocytosis X or Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), is a rare disease that highly varied clinical presentation ranging from single system to multisystem involvement. In otolaryngologic practice temporal bone presentation is clinically similar to otitis externa, otitis media, acute mastoiditis, chronic mastoiditis. We diagnosed and treated 3 temporal bone LCH cases. In this paper these cases are presented and their optimum treatment is discussed in detail.