Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with two monoclonal paraproteins and no periorbital involvement at presentation

A patient with necrobiotic xanthogranuloma is presented to highlight the clinico‐pathological features of this rare condition which must be differentiated from atypical necrobiosis lipoidica. The patient is unusual in that he has two associated monoclonal paraproteins and did not have periorbital in...

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Published inClinical and experimental dermatology Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 493 - 496
Main Authors Chave, T. A., Hutchinson, P. E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.09.2001
Blackwell
Oxford University Press
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Biological and medical sciences
Dermatology
Diagnosis, Differential
Giant Cells - pathology
Histiocytes - pathology
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell - complications
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell - pathology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Necrobiosis Lipoidica - diagnosis
Paraproteinemias - complications
Paraproteinemias - pathology
Skin - pathology
Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects
Human
Case study
Immunopathology
Skin disease
Immunoglobulinopathy
Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma
Elderly
Monoclonal immunoglobulin
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Summary:A patient with necrobiotic xanthogranuloma is presented to highlight the clinico‐pathological features of this rare condition which must be differentiated from atypical necrobiosis lipoidica. The patient is unusual in that he has two associated monoclonal paraproteins and did not have periorbital involvement at presentation.
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ISSN:0307-6938
1365-2230
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2230.2001.00873.x