Iris juvenile xanthogranuloma in an infant - spontaneous hyphema and secondary glaucoma

Iris juvenile xanthogranuloma in an infant - spontaneous hyphema and secondary glaucoma

Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a benign histiocytic skin disorder mainly encountered during infancy and childhood. Although with multiple potential localizations, less than 1% of the cases exhibit ocular manifestations. Some of these might lead to serious complications, specifically, secondary glaucoma that can result in severe and blinding eye disease. The aim of the present case report was...

Spontaneous hyphema secondary to iris vascular tufts.

Intraocular juvenile xanthogranuloma of the iris in an adult patient

Purpose Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a rare histiocytic skin disease primarily of young children, which may also affect ocular structures and in particular the iris. Observations This is a case report of a fifty-year-old patient without skin lesions showing a progressive decrease of visual acuity, iris vascularization and a yellowish iris tumor in the iridocorneal angle of his right eye....

Bilateral juvenile xanthogranuloma of the iris.

Juvenile xanthogranuloma of the iris has only twice before been reported as occurring bilaterally. In this present bilateral case, treatment with steroids and irradiation was sucessful in eradicating the lesion from the lesser affected eye.

Cardiac juvenile xanthogranuloma in an infant presenting with pericardial effusion.

Juvenile xanthogranuloma is a rare histiocytic disorder of childhood mainly affecting skin and rarely deep soft tissues and viscera. We report a 2-month-old infant who presented with respiratory distress secondary to a large pericardial effusion associated with an epicardial mass. Excisional biopsy was performed and the mass was diagnosed as juvenile xanthogranuloma. The child is well without e...