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Eruptive Juvenile Xanthogranuloma Associated with Relapsing Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Author(s) -
APARICIO GLORIA,
MOLLET JORDI,
BARTRALOT RAMON,
BODET DOMINGO,
HERAS CRISTINA,
BASSAS PATRICIA,
VIRÓS AMAYA,
GARCÍAPATOS VICENTE
Publication year - 2008
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.1525-1470.2008.00721.x
Subject(s) - juvenile xanthogranuloma , medicine , juvenile , leukemia , dermatology , lymphoblastic leukemia , chronic myelogenous leukemia , childhood leukemia , pathology , immunology , biology , histiocyte , genetics
Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a benign, self‐healing disorder with characteristic lesions mainly involving the skin. Although most patients with juvenile xanthogranuloma have only cutaneous symptoms, recent articles have documented extracutaneous manifestations: systemic involvement of many organs has been reported and there is a known association between juvenile xanthogranuloma and childhood leukemia, most commonly juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. This case provides further corroboration, that in rare instances, juvenile xanthogranuloma may be associated with hematologic malignancies.