Korean J Dermatol.  2000 Oct;38(10):1401-1403.

A Case of Xanthoma Disseminatum

• Park TH
• Kim SI
• Yoo JH
• Kim KJ

Abstract

Xanthoma disseminatum is a rare disorder that is a distinct subset of cutaneous nonhistiocytosis X. We report a case of xanthoma disseminatum in a 52-year-old woman. She had yellow-brownish variable sized papules or confluent plaques with a well-defined border on her periorbital, perioral, axilla, oral mucosa, neck, scalp, and upper chest areas. There were mixed infiltrations of foamy histiocytes, inflammatory cells, and Touton giant cells in the biopsy specimen. She had been treated with oral fenofibrate but showed no definite effect.

Keyword

Xanthoma disseminatum; Cutaneous nonhistiocytosis X

MeSH Terms

Axilla
Biopsy
Female
Fenofibrate
Giant Cells
Histiocytes
Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell*
Humans
Middle Aged
Mouth Mucosa
Neck
Scalp
Thorax
Xanthomatosis*
Fenofibrate