Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile, Xanthogranuloma - DermAtlas

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Robert Law, MD

Diagnosis

xanthogranuloma, juvenile xanthogranuloma

Body Site

leg

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

brown

Morphology

nodule

Pattern

solitary

Comments

This 9-year-old boy developed a brown nodule on the back of his right leg. The histologic findings were characteristic of xanthogranuloma.

Description

The epidermis is attenuated by an underlying dense dermal aggregate of lymphocytes and scattered Touton giant cells. The Touton cells exhibit a wreath of nuclei with a peripheral rim of vacuolated cytoplasm.

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12/9/2004 23:20:59

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