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Case Reports
. 2010 Nov-Dec;26(6):473-5.
doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181d92955.

Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with predominant periorbital involvement

James Oestreicher  1 , Ravi Dookeran, Navdeep Nijhawan, Arnost Kolin
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Case Reports

Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with predominant periorbital involvement

James Oestreicher et al. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

We present an unusual variant of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with periorbital involvement. Our patient had an unusually complicated course due to initial misdiagnosis and patient refusal to undergo treatment. We present her clinical course and review the literature on this rare lesion.

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