1. Giant juvenile xanthogranuloma: diffuse and simultaneous palpebral involvement
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Henri Friedhofer, Aneta Hionia Vassiliadis, Rodolfo Costa Lobato, Vanessa Anne Mohr-Bell, Mateus Neves Da Silva de Jesus, Maira Benito Scapolan, and Rolf Gemperli
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plastic surgery ,eye ,juvenile xanthogranuloma ,myocutaneous flap ,skin transplantation ,Surgery ,RD1-811 - Abstract
Juvenile xanthogranuloma (JXG) is the most common benign tumor of the group of non-Langerhans histiocytic proliferative diseases. Lesions; 2 cm are considered giant JXG, with reports of lesions of up to 18 cm. Oculopalpebral lesions may require surgical treatment to control symptoms. This study reports a case of an 8-year-old boy who had four eyelids and the middle third of the face affected by giant JXG. He underwent three resections, one of which was of great depth that required a full-thickness skin graft directly on the levator palpebrae superioris aponeurosis. Subsequently, three fat-grafting procedures were performed and adequate functional and aesthetic results were achieved without lesion recurrence.
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- 2019
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