Juvenile xanthogranuloma of the ear: A case report.

Rapid-growing juvenile xanthogranuloma on the nose of a 16-year-old boy

Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is an uncommon histiocytic cutaneous lesion. It is a type of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis(WHO Class IIb). The mean age of onset is 2 years of age. The adult form of JXG is relatively rare. The most common affectedarea is the face or the scalp and most of the lesions are less than 5 mm in diameter. This lesion tends to show a self-limited course over several m...

Juvenile xanthogranuloma: case report and review of the literature.

The present case report describes a juvenile xanthogranuloma in a five-month-old girl. A circumscribed papule was located below the right nasal ala and above the right vermilion border. The lesion was histologically diagnosed as a juvenile xanthogranuloma after surgical resection of the mass. Juvenile xanthogranuloma is an uncommon diagnosis, with the head, neck and trunk being the most common ...

گزانتوگرانولوم جوانی متعدد در یک فرد بالغ: گزارش موردی

Background: Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a benign, normolipemic, dendrocytic histiocytosis that usually affects young children. It presents clinically as single or multiple yellow-brown papulonodular lesions in the upper part of the body, especially the head and neck. In adults, xanthogranuloma is not common and usually presents as a single lesion. Multiple xanthogranuloma in adults is rare. For...

Lingual juvenile xanthogranuloma in a woman: a case report

INTRODUCTION Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis that usually occurs during infancy and early childhood. The presence of single or multiple raised cutaneous lesions characterize this self-healing disorder. Extracutaneous sites are rare. CASE PRESENTATION We present a rare case of oral juvenile xanthogranuloma in a 49-year-old Caucasian woman. The histopatholog...

Juvenile xanthogranuloma: a case report of an affected preterm baby SWISS SOCIETY OF NEONATOLOGY