title: Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma associated with choroidal infiltration and syncytial giant cell hepatitis.
abstract: A 31-year-old woman developed necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG), a thickened choroid, and syncytial giant cell hepatitis, a previously unreported association. NXG and syncytial giant cell hepatitis may have a common autoimmune pathogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. radgondeamer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Radgonde
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amer
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pe'er
authors.forename: Orit
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pappo
authors.forename: Shlomo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dotan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D017957:Hepatitis A Virus, Human / Q000276:immunology; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017441:Necrobiotic Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000175:diagnosis; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011239:Prednisolone; D008775:Methylprednisolone