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Descriptor English:   Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile 
Descriptor Spanish:   Xantogranuloma Juvenil 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Xantogranuloma Juvenil 
Synonyms English:   Nevoxanthoendothelioma
Xanthoma, Juvenile  
Tree Number:   C15.604.250.410.900
C17.800.973
Definition English:   Benign disorder of infants and children caused by proliferation of HISTIOCYTES, macrophages found in tissues. These histiocytes, usually lipid-laden non-Langerhans cells, form multiple yellow-red nodules most often in the skin, the eye, and sometimes in the viscera. Patients appear to have normal lipid metabolism and are classified as a normolipemic non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis. 
Indexing Annotation English:   non-neoplastic
History Note English:   92; was XANTHOMA, JUVENILE 1963-91 (Prov 1963-66); XANTHOGRANULOMA, JUVENILE was see XANTHOMA, JUVENILE 1979-91 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   30445 
Unique Identifier:   D014972 

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