Solitary eosinophilic granuloma (histiocytosis X) of the gingiva. A report of two cases.

abstract

• Two cases are reported in which the patients presented with solitary ulcers on the gingiva. The lesions were excised and examined histologically. A connective tissue infiltrate of large mononuclear cells was identified with immunohistochemical staining as Langerhans cells and a diagnosis of histiocytosis X was made. Further medical evaluation revealed no other lesions in one of the patients but did locate an infiltrate in the right mastoid of the other patient. Solitary lesions of histiocytosis in oral mucosa are extremely rare. The manifestations of the disease, pathogenesis, and treatment are discussed.

authors

• Wright, John

published proceedings

• J Periodontol

author list (cited authors)

• Finney, D. S., Rees, T. D., Wright, J. M., & Blanton, P. L.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Finney, DS||Rees, TD||Wright, JM||Blanton, PL

publication date

• July 1988

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF PERIODONTOLOGY  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Aged
• Eosinophilic Granuloma
• Gingival Diseases
• Humans
• Langerhans Cells
• Male

PubMed Central ID

• 3166058

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1902/jop.1988.59.7.457

start page

• 457

end page

• 460

volume

• 59

issue

• 7

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1902/jop.1988.59.7.457