raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:158008

Papular xanthoma

Type
Disease
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Not applicable
Age of onset
Adolescent, Adult, Childhood, Elderly, Infancy
Status
active

Papular xanthoma is a form of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis characterized by cutaneous presentation of solitary or disseminated yellow to orange-brown papular or papulonodular, noncoalescent, asymptomatic skin lesions located predominantly on the head, neck, trunk and extremities (rarely on oral mucosa), in the presence of normolipidemia. Microscopically, the lesions consist of monomorphous infiltrate of xanthomatized macrophages and numerous Touton giant cells, with scant or absent inflammatory infiltrate. It is usually not associated with systemic disease.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enPapular xanthoma
frXanthome papuleux
deXanthom, papuläres
esXantoma papular
itXantoma papuloso
nlPapulair xanthoom
ptXantoma papular
plKępki żółte grudkowe
csPapulární xantom
ukПапульозна ксантома
zh丘疹性黄瘤
trPapüler ksantom

Definition in:

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10D76.3NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-11EE81NTBTindexvalidated
MONDO0015536Evalidated
UMLSC4707373Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

Preferential parent (Orphanet linearisation):

Parents in the classifications (1):

No children.

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

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HPO phenotypes

4 annotations · validated 2017-04-26
HPOTerm (as annotated by Orphanet)Diagnostic
Very frequent (99-80%)
HP:0001013Eruptive xanthomas
HP:0100727Histiocytosis
HP:0200035Skin plaque
Excluded (0%)
HP:0003077Hyperlipidemia

Run the differential on the 3 obligate / very frequent terms

Annotation source: 3888123[PMID]_23518438[PMID]_25258297[PMID]_15628330[PMID]_16638433[PMID]

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Sources for this card