25 year old kickboxer with progressive proptosis

Scott C. Brun; Peter A. D. Rubin

Electron microscopy demonstrated the presence of Birbeck granules (arrow) within a few of the histiocytes.

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Published: Sep 24, 1997

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eosinophilic granuloma

Scott C. Brun, MD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Peter A.D. Rubin, MD

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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A 25-year-old man complained of mildly painful "swelling out" of his left eye over the previous 2 months. He denied visual blurring, diplopia, or a history of direct trauma. He was started on a course of oral antibiotics for presumed sinusitis, which failed to halt or reverse the process.

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Brun SC, Rubin PAD. 25 year old kickboxer with progressive proptosis. Digit J Ophthalmol. 1997;3(3). Accessed April 30, 2026. https://djo.harvard.edu/index.php/djo/article/view/944

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (1997)

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Grand Rounds

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