Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile, Xanthogranuloma - DermAtlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

xanthogranuloma, juvenile xanthogranuloma

Body Site

scalp

Age

2 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

yellow

Morphology

nodule

Pattern

solitary

Comments

This healthy 2-year-old boy developed a 1 cm flat topped pink plaque on the back of his scalp over a year ago. At followup it appeared as a dome shaped smooth topped yellow papule, and over the next 18 months it disappeared leaving subtle atrophy.

Description

yellow dome shaped smooth topped 1 cm nodule

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9/18/2006 22:46:30

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