Cutaneous necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG) - successfully treated with low dose chlorambucil

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2001

Authors

Machado, S (Author) Other; Alves, R (Author) Other; Lima, M (Author) Other; Leal, I (Author) Other; Massa, A (Author) Other

Journal

Title: European Journal of Dermatology

Vol. 11

Pages: 458-462

ISSN: 1167-1122

Publisher: Libbey

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-TCK

Abstract (EN): We, report a case of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma in a 51 year-old white male patient presenting with a 6-year history of multiple indurated violaceous nodules and plaques involving the eyelids, trunk and extremities. He had an associated paraproteinemia (Ig G lambda), elevated sedimentation rate, cryoglobulinemia and hypocomplementemia. No extracutaneous involvement was detected. He was successfully treated with chlorambucil (2 mg/d for 7 months), leading to disappearance of all skin lesions.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 5