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Preferred term

Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Benign disorder of infants and children caused by proliferation of HISTIOCYTES, macrophages found in tissues. These histiocytes, usually lipid-laden non-Langerhans cells, form multiple yellow-red nodules most often in the skin, the eye, and sometimes in the viscera. Patients appear to have normal lipid metabolism and are classified as a normolipemic non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis.

Entry terms

  • Nevoxanthoendothelioma
  • Xanthoma, Juvenile

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-QMM20XZL-B

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