NEVOXANTHO-ENDOTHELIOMA OR JUVENILE XANTHOMA

Abstract

In 1912 McDonagh¹ described five cases in which were noted a special type of multiple growths in the skin which were conspicuous because of their yellow color. In the first case the lesions were present at birth, appearing as brownish-red swellings, raised well above the surface of the skin, of firm consistency, elastic, almost cartilaginous. The surface of the tumors was smooth and showed numerous small injected capillaries. When McDonagh first saw the patient at the age of 2 months, the lesions were most numerous on the face, especially on the eyelids, and there were two growths on the neck, one on the left arm, one or two on each leg and a few scattered about the trunk. The tumors were bright yellow and slightly depressed in the center and had a glazed surface closely resembling that of xanthoma planum. The edge of each swelling was reddish, where