Korean J Dermatol.
1999 Aug;37(8):1117-1119.
A Case of Papular Xanthoma
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Papular xanthoma is a newly classified type of normolipemic xanthoma that resembles juvenile xanthogranuloma and xanthoma disseminatum. Papular xanthoma is asymptomatic multiple yellowish papules with granulomatous lesion composed of foam cells and few giant cells, with scarce inflammatory cell infiltration. We report a case of papular xanthoma in a 3-year-old girl who showed typical clinical manifestation. She had multiple discrete, 0.2 to 0.5cm sized elevated dome-shaped yellowish papules on the trunk and face for 2years. Histopathologic findings showed granulomatous changes mainly composed of foam cells and few histiocytes, in the dermis.
