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Juvenile xanthogranuloma: three cases

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Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JX) is a regressing fibrous histiocytoma occurring during infancy and characterized by cutaneous papules and nodules and less often by additional lesions in deep tissue and organs. It has a special place among childhood masses by presenting different outcomes and spontaneous regression. We report three cases of JX that were detected after birth and resected.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey

    S. Görk, E. Aritürk, F. Bernay, R. Rizalar & N. Gürses

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Ondokus Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey

    S. Bariş

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey

    N. Aritürk

  4. Tip Fakültesi, Çocuk Cerrahisi ABD, Ondokuz Mayis Üniversitesi, TR-55139, Samsun, Turkey

    E. Aritürk

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Görk, S., Aritürk, E., Bariş, S. et al. Juvenile xanthogranuloma: three cases. Pediatr Surg Int 11, 427–428 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497839

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