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Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma

A 3-month-old female patient with a giant ulcerated nodule over the back since birth was diagnosed as congenital giant juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) based on clinical and histopathological examination. Congenital giant JXG with ulceration at birth is a rare presentation of JXG and commonly misdiagn...

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Autor principal: Ng, Su Yuen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288431
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160515
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description A 3-month-old female patient with a giant ulcerated nodule over the back since birth was diagnosed as congenital giant juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) based on clinical and histopathological examination. Congenital giant JXG with ulceration at birth is a rare presentation of JXG and commonly misdiagnosed. This case emphasizes the importance of being aware of the myriad presentations of JXG in order to make a correct diagnosis and avoid unnecessary investigations or treatment.
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spelling pubmed-45335612015-08-18 Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma Ng, Su Yuen Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report A 3-month-old female patient with a giant ulcerated nodule over the back since birth was diagnosed as congenital giant juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) based on clinical and histopathological examination. Congenital giant JXG with ulceration at birth is a rare presentation of JXG and commonly misdiagnosed. This case emphasizes the importance of being aware of the myriad presentations of JXG in order to make a correct diagnosis and avoid unnecessary investigations or treatment. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4533561/ /pubmed/26288431 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160515 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
title Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
title_full Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
title_fullStr Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
title_full_unstemmed Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
title_short Solitary Ulcerated Congenital Giant Juvenile Xanthogranuloma
title_sort solitary ulcerated congenital giant juvenile xanthogranuloma
topic E-IJD Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533561/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288431
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.160515
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