A case of juvenile xanthogranuloma arising on a nevus sebaceus

Am J Dermatopathol. 2001 Aug;23(4):347-50. doi: 10.1097/00000372-200108000-00013.

Abstract

Various epithelial and mesenchymal neoplasms can arise in nevus sebaceus (NS). Juvenile xanthogranuloma arising on an NS has not been reported previously. Juvenile xanthogranuloma, a disease characterized by reactive histiocytic proliferation, could be included in the list of secondary alterations arising on an NS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Second Primary*
  • Nevus*
  • Skin Neoplasms*
  • Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile* / etiology