Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile

Synonyms

Juvenile Xanthogranuloma

Juvenile Xanthogranulomas

Juvenile Xanthoma

Juvenile Xanthomas

Nevoxanthoendothelioma

Nevoxanthoendotheliomas

Xanthogranulomas, Juvenile

Xanthoma, Juvenile

Xanthomas, Juvenile

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.