Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is characterized by destruction of the tissues of the organ involved and replacement by chronic inflammatory cells such as lymphocytes, plasma cells, occasional neutrophils with or without multinucleated or Touton giant cells. Exact aetiology is not known but the theory of infection with organisms like Proteus, E coli, and Bacteroides fragilis is most popular. X...

Report of a Case. A 39-year-old man came to our department with a painless limbal mass on his right eye that had enlarged during 3 months. His visual acuity was 20/40 OU and on slitlamp examination, a yellowish, well-circumscribed, vascularized, round nodule was evident at the 6-o’clock position of the right limbus, measuring 6 mm in diameter. The visual axis was clear, and on gonioscopy, neith...

background and aims. the correlation between morphology of giant cells in peripheral granulomas of the jaws and the aggressive behavior of the lesion is unknown. this study investigated the correlation between the histopathologic features with demographic, gross and radiographic findings in giant cell granulomas. materials and methods. in this analytical study, data from 23 cases of central gia...

giant cell carcinoma of the endometrium is a rare and an aggressive tumor that should be distinguished from other endometrial tumors with a prominent giant cell component, including trophoblastic tumors, certain primary sarcomas, and malignant mixed müllerian tumors. at present, cumulative data on this rare histological variant is limited and the prognostic significance of the presence and the ...

objective: the purpose of this study was to retrospectively analyze the demographic characteristics of patients with central giant cell granulomas (cgcgs) and peripheral giant cell granulomas (pgcgs) in an iranian population. methods: in this 38-year retrospective study, the data were obtained from records of 1019 patients with cgcg and pgcg of the jaws referred to the department of oral and ma...

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...

Orbital xanthogranuloma is an uncommon tumor. It is usually associated with a systemic or hematological disease. This report presents a rare case of orbital xanthogranuloma associated with heart disease and thrombocytopenia. A 52-year-old female presented with a bilateral periorbital subcutaneous tumor that had existed for 3 years. Although immunoglobulin levels were within the normal limits, t...

We report on a 70-year-old woman with diffuse normolipemic plane xanthoma (DNPX) who developed macular yellowish patches on the eyelids, both cheeks, and the nose. Histology revealed the accumulation of CD68-positive foam cells and Touton giant cells in the superficial dermis. Plasma lipid levels were within normal limits. The patient had no underlying hematological diseases. Her extensive lesi...

Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a benign histiocytic disease of uncertain pathogenesis that usually appears as a cutaneous lesion(s) in the head and neck region of young children. Diagnosis is based on histological examination that shows a nodular, dense infiltrate of polygonal or spindled mononuclear cells with moderate amounts of cytoplasm and scattered Touton giant cells. Juvenile xanthogr...