Extensive intracranial juvenile xanthogranulomas.
JXG is a disorder classified under histiocytosis. It usually affects children and commonly presents with skin lesions. Intracranial lesions are uncommon and usually solitary. We present the case of a child who had extensive intracranial involvement with multiple enhancing solid lesions in the cerebellum, brain stem, thalami, and bilateral cerebral hemispheres on MR imaging.
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Department of Radiology, Focus Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India. lalithamanohar@rediffmail.com
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D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000473:pathology*