Publication: Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
Date
2016
Authors
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 2091-0231 eISSN 2091-167X
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 56 - 58
Publisher
Society of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists of Nepal (SODVELON)
Abstract
Abstract:
The histiocytoses are a heterogenous group of diseases that are characterized by the accumulation of reactive or neoplastic histiocytes in various tissues. Juvenile Xanthogranuloma is a member of the non-Langerhans cell group of histiocytic proliferative disorders. This present case report describes a juvenile xanthogranuloma in a twenty-month old male baby.
Keywords: Histiocytoses, Non-Langerhans cells, Juvenile xanthogranuloma
Description
L. Lama
Consultant dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital
B.M.M.K. Kayastha
Prof. and Chief Consultant dermatologist, Department of Dermatology, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital.
R. Tripathi
Resident; Department of Dermatology, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Bir Hospital.
Keywords
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/njdvl.v14i1.15840