Archive
Summer 2009, Vol. 17 No. 2
Hong Kong J. Dermatol. Venereol. (2009) 17, 92-95
Case Report
Coexistence of juvenile xanthogranuloma and caf-au-lait macules in a boy presented with multiple yellowish papules and brownish macules
FC Ip 葉方正 and KC Lee 李景中
Abstract
An eleven-month-old boy presented with increasing number of yellowish papules on scalp, trunk and limbs soon after birth. Skin biopsy revealed juvenile xanthogranuloma. He was also found to have multiple caf-au-lait macules. The clinical course, complications and associations of juvenile xanthogranuloma with neurofibromatosis were discussed.
