TY - JOUR AU - Olga Ferreira AU - Alberto Mota AU - Teresa Baudrier AU - Susana Rodrigues AU - José Alexandre Sarmento AU - José Pestana AU - Herberto Bettencourt AU - Filomena Azevedo PY - 2013/01/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - NECROBIOTIC XANTHOGRANULOMA ASSOCIATED WITH GIANT CELL HEPATITIS JF - Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology JA - SPDV VL - 70 IS - 3 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.29021/spdv.70.3.13 UR - https://revista.spdv.com.pt/index.php/spdv/article/view/13 AB - We describe a 44-year-old woman with recurrent episodes of red eye, myalgias, hypercholesterolemia, hypocomplementemia, monoclonal gammopathy and giant cell hepatitis that was observed due to erythematoviola- ceous plaque on the right arm. Skin biopsy revealed necrobiotic xanthogranuloma. This case illustrates the importance of accurate characterization of skin lesions in the setting of a systemic disease with difficult approach and highlights the second reported case of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma associated with giant cell hepatitis.KEYWORDS – Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma; Giant cells; Hepatitis; Paraproteinemias. ER -