Publication Date
2015
Journal Title
Head Neck Pathol
Abstract
Xanthoma is a lesion most commonly seen in soft tissues such as the skin, subcutis, or tendon sheaths. Xanthoma formation is often associated with primary or secondary hyperlipidemia. Primary bone xanthomas are extremely rare benign bone lesions not associated with hyperlipidemia, histopathologically characterized by histiocytes, abundant lipid containing macrophages (foam cells), and multinucleated giant cells. Cholesterol clefts can be found in the medullary bone. Less than ten cases of xanthoma in the mandible have been reported. We present a rare primary intrabony xanthoma in a normolipidemic patient.
Volume Number
10
Issue Number
2
Pages
245-51
Document Type
Article
EPub Date
2015/08/09
Status
Faculty
Facility
School of Medicine
Primary Department
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Additional Departments
Dental Medicine
PMID
DOI
10.1007/s12105-015-0643-z