title: [Xanthoma disseminatum: a rare case involving the upper extremity].
abstract: We describe a dramatic case of class II non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, xanthoma disseminatum, in a 30-year-old male patient with progressive involvement of the skin, vocal cords, eyes, bones and nerves in spite of chemotherapy with Vespesid and immunotherapy with interferon-gamma. At the age of 43 years, the patient required surgical clearance of airways, eyelids and peripheral nerves, but at present exhibits stable disease on a combination of lipid-lowering drugs including thiazolidinedione.
authors: Klinik für Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Medizinische Universität Innsbruck, Osterreich. hildegunde.piza@uibk.ac.at
authors: H
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authors: Piza-Katzer
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authors: Engelhardt
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authors: Wechselberger
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authors: Eisendle
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authors: Zelger
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authors: Fritsch