JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA AND NEUROFIBROMATOSIS-1

Authors
TAN HH TAY YK
Citation
Hh. Tan et Yk. Tay, JUVENILE XANTHOGRANULOMA AND NEUROFIBROMATOSIS-1, Dermatology, 197(1), 1998, pp. 43-44
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
197
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
43 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1998)197:1<43:JXAN>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A case of juvenile xanthogranuloma associated with neurofibromatosis t ype 1 in a 9-month-old Chinese boy is presented. The literature concer ning the association between these two conditions and juvenile chronic myelogenous leukaemia is highlighted. The patient presently has no ev idence of any haematological malignancy, but requires close follow-up.