How are eosinophilic granulomas diagnosed?

How are eosinophilic granulomas diagnosed?

Your healthcare provider will diagnose an eosinophilic granuloma with a series of tests, including:

• Lab tests: Blood draws can confirm or rule out other conditions, including some cancers.
• Imaging tests: Your healthcare provider will use a combination of X-rays, MRI, CT scans, ultrasounds and bone scans to take pictures of the granuloma inside of your child. Which tests your child needs depends on where in their body the growth is.
• Biopsy: Your healthcare provider might remove some of the growth with a biopsy to examine it under a microscope.

Your healthcare provider might need several tests to confirm that your child has an eosinophilic granuloma and not other types of tumors or a form of cancer.