[A girl with a swelling on her head].

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HagaZiekenhuis/Juliana Kinderziekenhuis, afd. Heelkunde, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

Published: March 2010

A 6-year-old girl had an eosinophilic granuloma on the parietal skull due to Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

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