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{{Main|Wilms tumour}}
{{Main|Wilms tumour}}
Most common abdominal solid organ malignancy in children.
Most common abdominal solid organ malignancy in children.
=Dermatopathology=
{{Main|Dermatopathology}}
==Juvenile xanthogranuloma==
*Abbreviated as ''JXG''.
*[[AKA]] nevoxanthoendothelioma.
===General===
*Benign skin thingy in children and infants.
===Microscopic===
Features:
*Dermal histiocytes:
**Abundant cytoplasm - may not be xanthomatous.
*+/-Touton giant cell - '''key feature'''.
Images:
*[http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/dermatology/DPT/Hist%5CJXG003.jpg JXG (uiowa.edu)].<ref>URL: [http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/dermatology/DPT/Path-Index.htm http://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/dermatology/DPT/Path-Index.htm]. Accessed on: 3 February 2011.</ref>
Notes:
*Must prove they are non-Langerhans cell histiocytes.
===IHC===
*Langerhans cell markers: CD1a, CD207 -- both should be negative -- '''key feature'''.
*Histiocyte markers: CD68, CD163 -- both should be positive.


=References=
=References=
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