Contribution to the radiological study of the eosinophilic granuloma of the mandible (unifocal granuloma due to Langerhans' cell histiocytosis).

Purpose: The radiological diagnosis of osteolytic lesions of the mandible still constitutes a challenge in some pathological conditions in which the clinical data and the case history are relatively uniform and the radiological picture is lacking in any characteristics.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the conventional radiograms of six cases of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis (LCH) of the mandible examined over the last ten years. The X-ray examinations were performed in the lateral-oblique projection to allow a view of the horizontal portion of the mandible almost completely free of overlapping images of other bone structures.