Diseases

Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma

A cutaneous necrobiotic disorder characterized by firm, yellow plaques or nodules, often in a periorbital distribution. It is often accompanied by an elevated ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; LEUKOPENIA; and MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY (IgG-kappa type) and systemic involvement.

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Abstract

A cutaneous necrobiotic disorder characterized by firm, yellow plaques or nodules, often in a periorbital distribution. It is often accompanied by an elevated ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; LEUKOPENIA; and MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY (IgG-kappa type) and systemic involvement.

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  • Necrobiotic Xanthogranulomas
  • Xanthogranuloma, Necrobiotic
  • Xanthogranulomas, Necrobiotic

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2011

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Previous Indexing

  • Granuloma (1981-2010)
  • Necrobiotic Disorders (1993-2010)
  • Xanthomatosis (1980-2010)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058252. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058252
  2. Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrobiotic_xanthogranuloma
  3. Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4021720