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Papular Xanthoma in Children: Report and Immunohistochemical Study
Author(s) -
Fonseca E.,
Contreras F.,
Cuevas J.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1993.tb00040.x
Subject(s) - xanthoma , histiocyte , giant cell , medicine , clearance , pathology , multinucleate , immunohistochemistry , dermatology , urology
Papular xanthoma was diagnosed in a 14‐month‐old boy. The eruption cleared spontaneously within four years, immunohistopathologic study revealed that the predominant foamy histiocytic cells had the phenotypic features of the dermal dendrocyte. Giant multinucleated cells, which showed characteristics of monocyte‐derived macrophages, were also present. We suggest classifying diseases derived from dermal dendrocytes into a separate group of histiocytoses.