Adult-onset asthma and severe periocular xanthogranuloma: a case report

Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 May-Jun;27(3):e63-4. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181e99c9b.

Abstract

A 55-year-old obese Mexican American male with a 3-year history of adult-onset asthma presented with a 10-year history of disfiguring eyelid edema. A biopsy revealed lymphoid aggregates consisting of reactive lymphoid follicles and Touton giant cells. He was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma associated with periocular xanthogranuloma and treated with systemic steroids. This case highlights an uncommon disease in its most severe presentation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Asthma / complications*
  • Asthma / diagnosis
  • Asthma / drug therapy
  • Edema / complications
  • Edema / diagnosis
  • Edema / drug therapy
  • Eyelid Diseases / complications
  • Eyelid Diseases / diagnosis
  • Eyelid Diseases / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma / complications*
  • Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma / diagnostic imaging
  • Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma / drug therapy
  • Orbital Diseases / complications*
  • Orbital Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Diseases / drug therapy
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Prednisolone