Histiocytoma Papulosa Benigna Congenita: A Case Report.
- Author:
Young Pio KIM
;
Sun Wook HWANG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Histiocytoma*;
Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Parturition;
Skin;
Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile;
Xanthomatosis
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1984;22(5):574-577
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We herein described a female newborn baby who, on the day of birth, exhibited widespread discrete reddish purple colored, round and slightly hyperkeratotic papules measuring about 4 mm in size, the biopsy specimen of which showed the histologic findings of histiocytosis X. The skin lesions resolved spontaneously within a week. The following diseases were discussed as possible diagnoses; histiocytosis X, generalized eruptive histiocytoma, juvenile xanthogranuloma, congenital self-healing reticulohistiocytosis and xanthoma disseminaturn. Since the current case didn't fit well any of them, we proposed a new descriptive term for this : Histiocytoma Papulosa Benigna Congenita.
