[Juvenile xanthogranuloma localized in the parotid gland].
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.
Moukassa
D
D
Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques C, Hôpital Calmette, CHRU de Lille.
Maurage
C A
CA
Fromentin
C
C
Copin
M C
MC
Leroy
X
X
Servais
B
B
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*