Article
Physiopathology of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with monoclonal gammopathy.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Sept 2014
Szalat R, Pirault J, Fermand J-P, Carrié A, Saint-Charles F, Olivier M, Robillard P, Frisdal E, Villard E F, Cathébras P, Bruckert E, Chapman M John, Giral P, Guerin M, Lesnik P, Le Goff W
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Xanthomatosis associated with monoclonal gammopathy includes hyperlipidaemic xanthoma (HX), normolipidaemic xanthoma (NX) and necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG). All three pathologies are characterized by skin or visceral lesions related to cholesterol accumulation, monoclonal immunoglobulin (MIg) and hypocomplementemia. The pathophysiology underlying NXG remains unknown although the involvement of MIg...
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