A case of juvenile xanthogranuloma arising on a nevus sebaceus.
Various epithelial and mesenchymal neoplasms can arise in nevus sebaceus (NS). Juvenile xanthogranuloma arising on an NS has not been reported previously. Juvenile xanthogranuloma, a disease characterized by reactive histiocytic proliferation, could be included in the list of secondary alterations arising on an NS.
Chang
S E
SE
Department of Dermatology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Choi
J H
JH
Sung
K J
KJ
Moon
K C
KC
Koh
J K
JK
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D009506:Nevus; D012878:Skin Neoplasms; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000209:etiology