Baby with neonatal systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma born within a cross-cousin marriage

Baby with neonatal systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma born within a cross-cousin marriage

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis seen most commonly in childhood and adolescence. Extracutaneous involvement is rare. We report an interesting and extremely rare case of systemic (skin, lung, spleen, and colon) “juvenile xanthogranuloma” in the neonatal period. Our cas...

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Main Authors: Hikmet Tekin Nacaroglu, Demet Can, Canan Sule Unsal Karkiner, Yontem Yaman, Hudaver Alper, Hulya Tosun Yildirim, Paul W. Bishop
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-12-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
Subjects:
juvenile xanthogranuloma
non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811715000191
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Summary:Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis seen most commonly in childhood and adolescence. Extracutaneous involvement is rare. We report an interesting and extremely rare case of systemic (skin, lung, spleen, and colon) “juvenile xanthogranuloma” in the neonatal period. Our case was the first ever reported case born to a cross-cousin marriage.
ISSN:1027-8117

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