Eye
Eyelid
Inflammatry disorders
Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with paraproteinemia
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 February 2014
Last staff update: 24 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with paraproteinemia of eyelid
Cite this page: Pernick N. Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma with paraproteinemia. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/eyenecrobiotic.html. Accessed September 28th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Multiple nodules or plaques in periorbital areas and elsewhere in body
- Patients always have IgG paraprotein dysproteinemia
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Granulomas with collagen necrobiosis, foamy macrophages, Touton giant cells
