[Generalized eruptive histiocytosis-Juvenile xanthogranuloma: clinical spectrum in a pediatric patient].
Both, generalized eruptive histiocytosis and juvenile xanthogranuloma are dendritic histiocytic disorders (also known as non-Langerhans cells histiocytosis) that share clinicopathological and immunohistiochemical characteristics. We present a 3-year-old female patient with skin lesions that were clinically compatible with generalized eruptive histiocytosis, confirmed by histopathological and immunohistochemical studies. During her development the disorder compromised the central nervous system, and surgical intervention of one symptomatic lesion was needed. The histopathological exam of the central nervous system lesion showed Touton cells, compatible with a diagnosis of juvenile xanthogranuloma. This case demonstrates the need to consider these diseases as a spectrum of the same entity.
Servicio de Dermatología. Hospital del Niño Jesús. San Miguel de Tucumán. ruthalperovich@hotmail.com.
Ruth
R
Alperovich
Servicio de Diagnóstico por Imágenes. Hospital del Niño Jesús. San Miguel de Tucumán.
Pedro T
PT
Grassino
Centro Integral de Dermatología. San Miguel de Tucumán.
Raúl
R
Asial
Servicio de Neurología. Hospital del Niño Jesús. San Miguel de Tucumán.
Luis
L
Pasteris
Servicio de Dermatología. Hospital del Niño Jesús. San Miguel de Tucumán.
María Del Carmen
MD
Boente
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015614:Histiocytosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D014972:Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*
generalized eruptive histiocytosis; histiocytosis; xanthogranuloma juvenile