Xanthoma disseminatum

Xanthoma disseminatum
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Synonyms	Disseminated xanthosiderohistiocytosis<ref name="Bolognia">{{{last}}}, Rapini, Ronald P., Dermatology: 2-Volume Set, St. Louis:Mosby, 2007, ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1,</ref> and Montgomery syndrome<ref name="Andrews" />
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Xanthoma disseminatum is a rare cutaneous condition that preferentially affects males in childhood, characterized by the insidious onset of small, yellow-red to brown papules and nodules that are discrete and disseminated.<ref name="Andrews">{{{last}}},

 James, William D., 
  
 Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology, 
  
 Saunders Elsevier, 
 2006, 
  
  
 ISBN 978-0-7216-2921-6,</ref> 

It is a histiocytosis syndrome.<ref name="pmid15681329">,

 Xanthoma disseminatum: a case report and literature review, 
 Br J Radiol, 
 
 Vol. 78(Issue: 926),
 pp. 153–7,
 DOI: 10.1259/bjr/27500851,
 PMID: 15681329,</ref>

See also

• Non-X histiocytosis
• List of cutaneous conditions

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