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Giant congenital juvenile xanthogranuloma
  1. Samantha Berti1,
  2. Giordana Coronella2,
  3. Massimiliano Galeone1,
  4. Riccardo Balestri3,
  5. Annalisa Patrizi3,
  6. Iria Neri3
  1. 1Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, Division of Dermatology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
  2. 2Department of Sciences for Woman and Child's Health, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
  3. 3Department of Internal Medicine, Aging and Nephrological Diseases, Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  1. 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

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2012-303338

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    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 …

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    • Contributors SB: analysis and interpretation of data, and final approval. GC: analysis and interpretation of data, and final approval. MG: drafting the article and final approval. RB: conception and design, and final approval. AP: conception and design, and final approval. IN: conception and design, and final approval.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.