Cutaneous xanthogranulomatous inflammation: a potential indicator of internal disease

Br J Dermatol. 1992 Mar;126(3):290-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb00661.x.

Abstract

Cutaneous xanthogranulomatous inflammation is usually regarded as a primary disease process. We describe two patients with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and nephro-cutaneous fistulae, one patient with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and a chole-cutaneous fistula and one patient with xanthogranulomatous appendicitis and appendiceal-cutaneous fistula. After the first case, awareness that cutaneous xanthogranulomatous inflammation can be secondary to related internal disease played a vital diagnostic role in the subsequent cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Appendicitis / complications
  • Biliary Fistula / complications
  • Cholecystitis / complications
  • Female
  • Fistula / complications
  • Granuloma / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Kidney / abnormalities
  • Kidney Diseases / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / etiology*
  • Skin Diseases / etiology*
  • Urinary Fistula / complications
  • Xanthomatosis / etiology*