HPI: A 16 month old male patient presents to the UIHC Oculoplastics Clinic for evaluation of left-sided periorbital swelling. The swelling began three weeks prior to presentation in the setting of an upper respiratory infection. A short course of diphenhydramine did not relieve his symptoms. When he did not respond to a ten-day course of amoxicillin for presumed preseptal cellulitis, he was adm...

Eosinophilic granuloma is very rare benign bone tumor which presents in more than 90% in children under the age of ten. There is predominance for males. It is usually found at flat and long bones. The skull and vertebral spine is often affected. We report a case of 57 year-old man who gradually developed local pain at his skull and orbit. A soft, movable, palpable and tender mass was found at t...

We herein report the case of a patient with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated neuropathy with atypical pathological findings of a biopsied sural nerve. A 48-year-old man was admitted for a gait disturbance. Purpura and edema on the legs and hyperalgesia on the distal extremities were noted. The plasma HCV viral load was high, and cryoglobulin was positive. In the biopsied sural nerve, perivasc...

Eosinophilic granuloma is a rare, benign, lesion characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of Langerhan's cells. It is commonly found in a bone and has been described in almost every bone in the body. It usually affects children and is seldom found in adults. A case of 60-year-old adult male with an eosinophilic granuloma of the right temporal bone with infiltration of the temporal and infrat...