Juvenile xanthogranuloma involving concurrent iris and skin: Clinical, pathological and molecular pathological evaluations

• Main Authors: Peter Meyer, Elisabeth Graeff, Corina Kohler, Francis Munier, Elisabeth Bruder
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
• Series: American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
• Subjects: Juvenile xanthoganuloma; Iris; Ultrasound biomicroscopy; Cutaneous lesion; FGFR3 mutation
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993616302444
• ISSN: 2451-9936

Purpose: To report a case of juvenile xanthogranuloma involving the iris and skin that clincally was diagnosed with an obvious cutaneous lesion. Observations: A four month-old girl with hyphema and increased intraocular pressure of the left eye persisting for 2 weeks. A suspicious yellow-brown mass with nodular surface and traversed by irregular vascularization was noted on the inferior iris surface. Ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM; 35 MHz) of the mass revealed multiple nodular irregular hyperreflective lesions in the peripheral iris. Using a biopsy of an obvious cutaneous abdominal skin lesion a diagnosis was made based on histopathological analyses. The biopsy showed dense dermal infiltrate consisting of foamy histiocytes. Additional stains revealed CD68 positivity and CD1a and S100 negativity. This mass revealed histopathologic features identical to juvenile xanthogranuloma and was concurrent with the iris lesion. Next-generation sequencing using Ion AmpliSeqTM Cancer Hotspot Panel revealed a missense mutation of FGFR3 (p.F386L). Conclusion and importance: The diagnosis of a xanthogranuloma of the iris with hyphema can be made easier in patients with obvious cutaneous lesions as described in our case. The significance of FGFR3 mutation in association with JXG is unknown and should be further investigated.