Giant congenital juvenile xanthogranuloma
- Samantha Berti1,
- Giordana Coronella2,
- Massimiliano Galeone1,
- Riccardo Balestri3,
- Annalisa Patrizi3,
- Iria Neri3
- 1Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Division of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- 2Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- 3Department of Internal Medicine, Aging and Nephrological Diseases, Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Correspondence to Dr Massimiliano Galeone, Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Division of Dermatology, University of Florence, Piazza Indipendenza, 11, Florence 50129, Italy; massimiliano.galeone{at}gmail.com
- Received 4 November 2012
- Revised 4 November 2012
- Accepted 19 November 2012
- Published Online First 12 December 2012
Case report
A 1-month-old otherwise healthy girl was referred to our clinic for evaluation of a congenital asymptomatic lesion on the face. Upon physical exam, a firm, sharply marginated, infiltrative, yellowish plaque measuring 6×4 cms with peau d'orange surface was evident on the right mandibular region (figure 1). A 4 mm punch biopsy was performed and histological exam revealed a diffuse infiltrate of non-foamy mononuclear histiocytes with scattered eosinophils within the …
