title: [Adult onset xanthogranuloma in a 73-year-old woman].
abstract: Adult onset xanthogranuloma (AOX) is a rare benign xanthogranulomatous disease with unknown aetiology and incidence. AOX presents as yellow-brownish skin tumours of different sizes, mostly as solitary lesions, but also as multiple lesions with predilection areas on the face and collum. We here present the case of a 73-year-old woman, who was treated for third and fourth facial AOX recurrences by surgical excisions at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Aalborg Hospital. Due to the rare occurrence of AOX, a prospective evaluation of its treatment is hardly feasible. Oncological, dermatological and surgical treatment of AOX has been described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Plastikkirurgisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aalborg Sygehus, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark. malovs@rn.dk
authors.forename: Marie Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: von Sperling
authors.forename: Hilde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Høimyr
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy