HAEM5:Juvenile xanthogranuloma: Difference between revisions

Juvenile Xanthogranuloma is a rare histiocytic neoplasm comprising about 0.5% of all pediatric tumors, seldom seen in in adults. 20-35% cases are congenital, shows male predilection and mostly (>70% cases) arise during the first year of life.

JXG lesions are generally asymptomatic; their appearance is typically different in adult and pediatric settings. Infants may present with ≥1 cutaneous, pale yellow-tan, dome-shaped papulonodular lesions. Approximately 5% of patients present with multiple lesions. Typically lesions begin as raised, pink to dark-brown lesions that may become less elevated over time. Spontaneous resolution of some lesions, leaving residual scarring or wrinkling, may occur after months or years. A clinical subtype of JXG called benign cephalic histiocytosis occurs in head and neck of young children, asymptomatic, self-healing papular lesions. The lesions are often large, solitary and persistent in adults; in this context Erdheim–Chester disease is an important differential diagnosis. JXG may occur in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 and is also reported in Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome.   

JXG involves and is generally confined to skin, head and neck, upper trunk and proximal extremities. Solitary ocular lesions occur but are rare. Other rare extracutaneous sites of involvement include viscera, and paraspinal or intracranial regions.   

|Often associated with localized xanthogranuloma [3]

|Disseminated cutaneous–xanthogranuloma [11]

|JXG case showing large deletion of CSF1R exons 21 and 22 and  MRC1::PDGFRB fusion was a 3 month old female with large intra-abdominal tumor involving greater omentum, intestinal walls and liver hilum. Achieved complete remission without relapse during 24 years of follow up. [12] IHC staining showed diffuse expression of cyclin D1 in tumor cells.[9] . Child with chemotherapy-refractory left chest wall JXG, MRC1::PDGFRB fusion was treated with dasatinib. [12]

|Unifocal soft tissue JXG in the nasopharynx [12]

|Systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma [4]

-Deletion in exon 12

-multiple missense mutations in exons 9 and 10

-large deletion of exons 21 and 22  

-Alternative CSF1R mutations in exons 9 and 10

-Missense mutations in exon 10

 

[12]

| -Exon 10 mutations affect the extracellular region of CSF-1R and might enhance receptor dimerization. [12]

-Large deletion of CSF1R exons 21 and 22 affects the intracellular c-CBL binding domain leading to defective receptor ubiquitination, and degradation [12]

Children less than 2years of age with soft tissue involvement

[4] [12]

Might represent pediatric Erdheim–Chester disease.

|Pediatric cases with systemic JXG with CNS involvement and ''BRAF'' V600E mutations show male preponderance and are associated with aggressive disease at presentation. These cases needs to be  followed up, they probably represent Erdheim–Chester disease.[6]

Other diagnostic tests like Next-generation sequencing (NGS), Whole exome sequencing, whole transcriptome sequencing and targeted DNA and/or RNA sequencing that can be helpful for identification of mutations in the ''RAS/RAF/MAPK/ERK'' and ''PI3K/AKT'' pathway genes or ''BRAF, ALK, RET'', and ''NTRK1'' gene rearrangements. These tests are currently not utilized for diagnosis.