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

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...

Volvulus in two preterm infants: abdominal massage as a risk factor? SWISS SOCIETY OF NEONATOLOGY

Spontaneous, isolated intestinal perforation in preterm infants SWISS SOCIETY OF NEONATOLOGY

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...

Systemic form of juvenile xanthogranuloma: report of a case with liver and bone marrow involvement.

Systemic form of juvenile xanthogranuloma with involvement of liver and bone marrow is reported in a 2-month-old female infant who presented with hepatosplenomegaly, severe anemia, and thrombocytopenia. There was no skin lesion, nor bone lesion. The enlarged liver has generalized yellowish spots. The diagnosis of juvenile xanthogranuloma was made by pathologic findings of marrow and portal trac...