NODULAR MULTICENTRIC JUVENILE GIANT XANTH OGRANULOMA WITH ULCERATION

We report on a patient with multi centric juvenile xanthogranuloma, wh ose unusual clinical and histological pattern initially obscured the d iagnosis. Spontaneous remission of the tumour, which has now been main tained for over 2 years, the change from the primary monomorphological fibrocytic appearance to a polymorphological histiocytic picture with multiple fat-storing giant cells, and the lacking dermonstration of s pecific cell organelles finally allowed the nature of the disease to t he definitely diagnosed.