Juvenile xanthogranuloma with angiomatous appearance and a peculiar immunophenotype | Zendy

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Juvenile xanthogranuloma with angiomatous appearance and a peculiar immunophenotype

Author(s) -

LópezRobles Joaquín,

Núñez Lucía,

MaciasdelToro Elena,

RamírezBellver José Luis,

Díaz José Luis,

Requena Luis

Publication year - 2017

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/pde.13337

Subject(s) - juvenile xanthogranuloma , medicine , differential diagnosis , histiocytosis , langerhans cell histiocytosis , immunophenotyping , dermatology , pathology , juvenile , nevus , melanoma , histiocyte , immunology , disease , cancer research , biology , genetics , flow cytometry

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is the most common form of non‐Langerhans cell histiocytosis in childhood. The clinical differential diagnosis of a solitary juvenile xanthogranuloma includes molluscum contagiosum, Spitz nevus, and melanoma. Lesions larger than 2 cm in diameter may be misdiagnosed as hemangiomas, but this is not typical of smaller juvenile xanthogranuloma. We report a case of solitary juvenile xanthogranuloma in a 10‐year‐old boy with angiomatous appearance and peculiar immunophenotype.

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