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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302007000600019
The histiocytoses are rare diseases caused by alterations in the monocyte-histiocytic series with several clinical findings. Among the cutaneous syndromes of non-Langerhans cells, xanthoma disseminatum is the only disease of this group that has been classically associated to the central diabetes insipidus (CDI). The case reported describes a 30-year-old man that two years after presenting with CDI developed non confluent disseminated cutaneous brown papular lesions throughout the body. The histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and electronic microscopy were compatible with the diagnosis of […]
Keywords: diabetes insipidus; Histiocytoses; Langerhans cells; Xanthogranuloma juvenile; Xanthomatosis