The various clinical spectra of juvenile xanthogranuloma: imaging for two case reports and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Michaela Höck (Author), Bernhard Zelger (Author), Gisela Schweigmann (Author), Barbara Brunner (Author), Bettina Zelger (Author), Gabriele Kropshofer (Author), Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) belongs to the heterogeneous group of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis and is caused by an accumulation and proliferation of macrophages. In the majority of cases JXG is a disorder of early childhood presenting during the first 2 years of life. The...