Cutaneous necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG)--successfully treated with low dose chlorambucil.

Machado, S.; Alves, R.; Lima, M.; Leal, I.; Massa, A.

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Eur J Dermatol. 2001 Sep-Oct;11(5):458-62. Cutaneous necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG)--successfully treated with low dose chlorambucil. Machado S, Alves R, Lima M, Leal I, Massa A. SourceService of Dermatology, Hospital Geral Santo António, Rua D. Manuel II, Edifício ex: Cicap, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal. basleite@esoterica.pt Abstract We report a case of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma in a 51 year-old white male patient presenting with a 6-year history of multiple indurated violaceous nodules and plaques involving the eyelids, trunk and extremities. He had an associated paraproteinemia (Ig G lambda), elevated sedimentation rate, cryoglobulinemia and hypocomplementemia. No extracutaneous involvement was detected. He was successfully treated with chlorambucil (2 mg/d for 7 months), leading to disappearance of all skin lesions.