Fatal nodular xanthomatosis in an infant

Pediatr Dermatol. 1987 Nov;4(3):242-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1987.tb00787.x.

Abstract

We describe a unique and puzzling case of a 7-month-old baby with a non-X hypertriglyceridemic histiocytoxanthomatosis. The disease was characterized by a massive nodular eruption that was clinically, histologically, and ultrastructurally consistent with juvenile xanthogranuloma, but it had a rapid, fatal evolution.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Triglycerides / blood
  • Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / pathology*

Substances

  • Triglycerides