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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a rare histiocytic disorder that typically manifests in the skin. Here, we describe a patient with JXG diffusely involving the central nervous system (CNS), whose disease responded to therapy but subsequently underwent dissemination to the peritoneum and bone marrow. Repeat biopsy at dissemination revealed pleomorphic histiocytes with tetraploidy, suggesting evolution to a clonal histiocytic neoplasm. Despite further chemotherapy, the patient died of disease progression. This case highlights the clinical and pathological heterogeneity of JXG and the difficulty of treating multi-focal CNS disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1545-5017
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
927-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-1-12
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Brain Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Child, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Cladribine, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Fatal Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Histiocytic Sarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Pseudotumor Cerebri, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Radiotherapy, pubmed-meshheading:17520744-Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Central nervous system juvenile xanthogranuloma with malignant transformation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports