title: [Juvenile xanthogranuloma localized in the parotid gland].
abstract: Juvenile xanthogranuloma of parotid gland is reported in a 9-year-old boy. This kind of tumor is thought to be very rare in salivary glands. Histological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural data showed characteristic features and excluded a Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Follow-up was uneventful after 18 months.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques C, Hôpital Calmette, CHRU de Lille.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moukassa
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Maurage
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fromentin
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Copin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Servais
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*