Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8806409 | International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology | 2018 | 21 Pages |
Abstract
Xanthoma is a common, self-limiting cutaneous lesion of non-Langerhans cell, lipid-laden foamy histiocytes that is often concomitant with hyperlipidemia. The intraosseous counterpart is rarely encountered and typically presents as a painless, expansile osteolytic process in the context of hyperlipidemia or normolipidemia. Only a scant number of gnathic xanthomas have been reported in the otolaryngologic literature. We report the clinical, laboratory, radiographic, histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural studies of a mandibular lesion discovered in an asymptomatic 16-year-old male, and associated with 2 previously unreported comorbidities, namely hyperlipidemia and vitamin D deficiency.
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Authors
John K. Brooks, Behzad Mostoufi, Ahmed S. Sultan, Zaid H. Khoury, Jeffery B. Price, John C. Papadimitriou, John R. Basile, Cinthia B. Drachenberg, Rania H. Younis,