JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA AND ACUTE-LEUKEMIA - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
ROTTE JJ DEVAAN GAM KOOPMAN RJJ
Citation
Jj. Rotte et al., JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA AND ACUTE-LEUKEMIA - A CASE-REPORT, Medical and pediatric oncology, 23(1), 1994, pp. 57-59
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,Pediatrics
Journal title
Medical and pediatric oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00981532
Volume
23
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
57 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1532(1994)23:1<57:JXAA-A>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a rare benign disease of the skin. I t is seen in combination with juvenile chronic myelo-monocytic leukemi a (JCML) and/or neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The association with a cute lymphoblastic leukemia is hardly mentioned in the literature. A c ase report of this rare combination is described and a review of the l iterature is given. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.