A new use of corticosteroids in the combination therapy of a single orbital localization of Hand- Schuller-Christian disease

A case of Hand-Schuller-Christian disease with a single orbital localization successfully treated with surgical curettage and radiotherapy plus local infiltrations of corticosteroids is reported. This form of combination therapy, not previously described, is recommended for such single lesions.

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