Introduction: Symptomatic intracranial xanthogranulomas mostly arise in the third ventricle, the choroid plexus of the lateral ventricle and the dura mater, showing hydrocephalus and neurological deficits due to mass effect . Pathological findings of central nervous system xanthogranulomas are not rare (1.6-7%) . Although case reports have shown that such lesions are occasionally associated wit...

BACKGROUND Xanthogranuloma of the stomach is an extremely rare disease, and this lesion has only been found to coexist with early gastric cancer in 2 cases in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of xanthogranuloma of the stomach combined with early gastric cancer that mimicked an advanced stage tumor. A 65-year-old female was referred to our hospital because of epigastralgia. D...

The onset of periorbital xanthogranuloma in adults is rare and may be accompanied by haematological abnormalities and malignancy. The appearance of the eyelid lesions is virtually diagnostic, producing readily recognisable diffuse, yellow plaques, and affected patients should be investigated and reviewed regularly for systemic disease. Three cases are described, in which periorbital cutaneous p...

Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is a benign, self-healing, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis characterized by accumulation of lipid-laden macrophages. It occurs most commonly on the head and neck of infants and young children and resolves spontaneously without treatment [1]. Lesions may be single or multiple, congenital or acquired. Size varies from few millimetres to several centimetres. Two ma...