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The clinical symptoms, pathological findings and surgical treatment of a case of primary frontal lobe eosinophilic granuloma are presented. Initially a frontal mass was detected that clinically seemed like a low-growth tumor. After operation, the histological, cytochemical and ultrastructural studies showed positive acid phosphatase, α-naftil-esterase, oil-red and PAS reactions of tumoral cells and the presence of rod-shaped bodies in proliferative histiocytes, all which confirmed the pathological diagnosis of eosinophilic granuloma. Other osseous or visceral histiocytosis-X signs were not observed. The patient remains asymptomatic after a postoperative follow-up of 2 years.
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Cerdá-Nicolas, M., Broseta, J., Peydrò-Olaya, A. et al. Primary eosinophilic granuloma of the frontal lobe. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 388, 221–228 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00430690
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