[Radiotherapy in juvenile xanthogranuloma of the iris]. 1986

R P Müller, and H Busse

Nevoxanthoendotheliomas (and juvenile xanthogranulomas) are very rare benign skin diseases which occur in infants. An ocular manifestation, mainly in the iris, has been found in approximately. 10% of the cases, The clinical picture is characterized by a recurrent unilateral hemorrhage of the anterior chamber, which is the reason for seeing an ophthalmologist. The clinical diagnosis of juvenile xanthogranuloma is based on the characteristic iris changes - heterochromia, circumscribed vascularized tumor, or diffuse thickening of the iris. Sometimes elevated intraocular pressure is also found. In combination with a mild local steroid, radiotherapy with 300 to 400 cGy should be started immediately in order to prevent a sometimes uncontrollable secondary glaucoma. The good results achieved in 5 of the authors' own cases underline the value of low-dose radiotherapy in this disease: the affected eye was healed in all 5 cases.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007499 Iris Diseases Diseases, dysfunctions, or disorders of or located in the iris. Disease, Iris,Diseases, Iris,Iris Disease
D008297 Male Males
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014972 Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile Benign disorder of infants and children caused by proliferation of HISTIOCYTES, macrophages found in tissues. These histiocytes, usually lipid-laden non-Langerhans cells, form multiple yellow-red nodules most often in the skin, the eye, and sometimes in the viscera. Patients appear to have normal lipid metabolism and are classified as a normolipemic non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Nevoxanthoendothelioma,Xanthoma, Juvenile,Juvenile Xanthogranuloma,Juvenile Xanthogranulomas,Juvenile Xanthoma,Juvenile Xanthomas,Nevoxanthoendotheliomas,Xanthogranulomas, Juvenile,Xanthomas, Juvenile

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