Isolated Juvenile Xanthogranuloma of Clitoral Connective Tissue

Abstract

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a frequent childhood tumor and the only common non-Langerhans' cell histiocytosis. We present an unusual case of juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) of clitoral connective tissue in a 6-week-old girl.

Zusammenfassung

Das juvenile Xanthogranulom ist ein gängiger Tumor im Kindesalter und die häufigste Form der Nicht-Langerhanszell-Histiozytose. Wir berichten von einem untypischen Fall eines juvenilen Xanthogranuloms (JXG) des periklitoralen Bindegewebes bei einem 6 Wochen alten weiblichen Säugling.

Xanthogranuloma - clitoris - connective tissue - children

Xanthogranulom - Klitoris - Bindegewebe - Kinder

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