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Systemic therapy of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma: a systematic review
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases volume 17, Article number: 132 (2022)
Abstract
Background
Even though a plethora of systemic therapies have been proposed for necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG), there is no systematic review on this topic in literature.
Objective
To review all existing literature on the systemic therapy of NXG in order to identify the most effective therapies.
Methods
All reported papers in the literature were screened for systemic treatments of NXG. Papers without proper description of the therapies, papers describing topical therapy, and articles without assessment of effectiveness were excluded. Subsequently, we analyzed 79 papers and a total of 175 cases.
Results
The most effective treatments for NXG are intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG), corticosteroids, and combination therapies including corticosteroids.
Conclusions
Corticosteroids and IVIG should therefore be considered first-line treatments in patients with NXG.
Background
Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma (NXG) was first described by Kossard and Winkelmann in 1980 and is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with no gender preference. The disease mostly affects patients in the sixth decade of life and is associated with cell proliferative disorders, such as multiple myeloma (MM) or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). The etiopathogenesis of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma is unknown. However, It is conceivable that paraproteins play a role as a trigger or cofactor for granuloma formation [1,2,3,4] (more background information in Additional file 1). NXG often initially presents with yellowish or brownish macules and nodules. As the disease progresses, atrophies, telangiectasias, ulcerations and scars may be present within the lesions [5]. The lesions are usually asymptomatic and often appear in the periorbital area. In a few cases, systemic involvement was found in autopsies [6,7,8]. The most common extracutaneous localizations comprise the oropharyngeal tract, the bronchi, liver, spleen, lung and heart [9,10,11,12,13] Histopathologically, NXG is characterized by granulomas in the dermis extending into the subcutaneous fat. Atypical foreign body giant cells of the Touton type are often found [14]. Cholesterol clefts are a hallmark of the disease [15] (also see Additional file 1). Due to the rarity of NXG, mostly case reports and case series exist. A lot of patients with NXG will receive several drugs before getting proper treatment.
Materials and methods
Eligibility criteria
Studies were included when patients were at least 18 years old and diagnosis was histologically confirmed. We screened cohort studies, case–control studies, case series, case reports and letters that clearly reported the outcome of the respective systemic treatments. As we focused on systematic therapies, papers dealing with topical treatments were excluded. In addition, some articles were removed due to duplicate information. Studies were checked for eligibility by the first author, and then results were reviewed by the last author.
Information sources/study selection
A review by Miguel et al. helped to identify relevant cases from 1980 to 2014. Only patients who had received systemic therapy were included. As a second step, we searched PubMed, Medline and Web of Science databases using the queries “necrobiotic xanthogranuloma and therapy” until 2021. Following the database search, studies were compiled into a single list with all duplicates removed. Further exclusion criteria were studies with aggregated data, an unclear diagnosis, only topical treatment mentioned, no proper description of treatment, or response to treatment not mentioned.
Outcome assessment
The primary outcome was the reported response to systemic treatment in the papers. These were classified as “complete response”, “partial response”, “stable disease” or “progressive disease”. The response to therapy was evaluated by reviewing each patient’s medical record (as reported). Complete response to treatment was used for the absence of all detectable NXG lesions and stable hematological symptoms. Partial response was defined as a decrease in the size or number of NXG lesions and an improvement of the hematological symptoms. Stable disease was defined as no change in the size or number of the NXG lesions and stable hematological symptoms. Progressive disease was defined as an increase in the size or number of the NXG lesions or worsening of the hematological condition. In mixed response scenarios (reduction in size or regression of individual lesions with simultaneous appearance of new lesions), we rated as “progressive disease”. The sole response of cutaneous lesions with simultaneous progression of the hematological condition, or vice versa, were also rated as “progressive disease”.
Results
Study identification
The review by Miguel et al. helped to identify 101 patients [1,2,3, 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59]. The additional literature search yielded 45 records. After removal of duplicates, 39 papers were subject to fulltext-review. 13 records were excluded: 6 did not discuss systemic treatment of NXG, a further 2 did not report any treatment, another study provided ambiguous information on treatment, 3 studies discussed an alternative diagnosis to NXG and another study failed to mention the response to treatment. A total of 26 studies were included based on the above-mentioned criteria. These 26 articles present the therapy options and the course of therapy of 69 patients [4, 60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84]. 5 institutional patients (University Medical Center Regensburg) were included (Table 1, see Additional file 1). We were thus able to assess the outcome of systemic therapies in 79 studies and 175 patients (Fig. 1, representative institutional case in Fig. 2).
PRISMA flowchart of the study. The selection process for study inclusion in the systematic review and meta-analysis according to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis. A total of 170 patients were included from the literature search. 5 more institutional cases were added (see Table 1, Additional file 1, and Fig. 2)
Bias and quality assessment
Most of the studies were case reports and some were case series and the sample size of all studies was small. Since a scale for severity of NXG does not exist, clinical response is difficult to classify. In our systematic review, clinical response is essentially based on the individual report of each author. This makes a comparative statements difficult, which is a limitation of the study. All studies were uncontrolled, leading to a high risk of confounding. Due to the lack of randomization, the risk of selection bias was high. Risk of reporting bias was high due to lack of blinding. It is difficult to comment on publication bias, however, as the main part of evidence is from case reports, the question arises whether ineffective therapies have been published in the same way as effective ones.
Patient demographics
The most common association between NXG and hematologic disorders has been with plasma cell dyscrasias. Of the 175 patients, 95 patients had paraproteineinemia (55%). The most common subtype was IgG-kappa. 19 of 175 (11%) patients had a malignant condition: Multiple myeloma, in 12 patients (7%), was the most common type. However, Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL) were also observed. The overall perecentage of patients with simultaneous paraproteinemia and/or a malignant condition was 65% (114 patients).
Systemic therapies
Different treatments have been used for NXG with a wide variety of responses, such corticosteroids, IVIG, lenalidomide, cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil, thalidomide, melphalan, infliximab/rituximab, cladribine, bortezomib, vincristine, interferon alpha-2a, dapsone, ibarubicin, adalimumab, etretinate, cyclosporine, mycophenolate-mofetil, clofazimine, minocycline, doxycycline, acitretin, azathioprine and combined therapies (FCR, RCVP, vincristine/melphalane/cyclophosphamide/prednisolone).
Effect of interventions
The effect of treatments administered are presented in Fig. 3. Corticosteroids were the most frequently used treatment for NXG. Corticosteroids were used in 45 cases. Complete response occured in 5 patients (11%), and partial response in 9 patients (20%), stable disease was achieved in 16 patients (36%) and progressive disease was observed in 15 patients (33%). The use of IVIG turned out to be the most effective therapy. IVIG were used in 26 patients. Complete response was achieved in 7 patients (27%) and partial response in 14 patients (54%). Two patients exhibited stable disease (8%) and three patients did not respond to the therapy (11%). Another sufficient therapy option was the use of lenalidomide in combination or without corticosteroids. Complete response was observed in 4 patients (18%) and partial response in 7 patients (32%). Six patients (27%) achieved partial response and no response was noticed in five patients (23%).
The overall response was improvement (complete response and partial response) in 128 patients (73%) and stable disease in 25 patients. 22 (13%) patients showed progress of disease.
Since patient data were collected from individual case reports, follow-up data were only occasionally available. The duration of response was set to be at least the timespan reported in the case reports in case patients were either lost to follow-up or no other information was given.
Of the 26 patients treated with IVIG, follow-up data were available for 8 patients. The median duration of response (2 patients with complete response and 6 patients with partial response) for the 8 patients was 12 months (range 6–48 months, mean 15.75 months). Furthermore, we wanted to illustrate the follow-up data of the second promising therapy, the use of corticosteroids. Of the 45 patients treated with corticosteroids, follow-up data were available for 10 patients. The median duration of response (4 patients with complete response, 5 patients with partial response and 1 patients with stable disease) for the 10 patients was 12 months (range 2–24 months, mean 11.9 months).
Discussion
This study provides a systematic review on the systemic treatment of NXG. IVIG had the best response rate (21 of 26 patients [81%] with complete or partial response), followed by corticosteroids (30 of 45 patients [67%] showed response or stable disease), and lenalidomide in combination, or without corticosteroids (17 of 22 patients [77%]). However, other therapeutic agents were frequently used in combination therapies. It is challenging to draw conclusions regarding the effectiveness of combination treatments due to the low number of reports for each combination. Furthermore, it is difficult to evaluate the response to therapy as there is no standard rating scale for the severity of NXG. The clinical response or results are based on each author’s individual report. In conclusion, despite the notable limitations of the currently available data (case reports, rating system could be varied, interpretation of case report data), this systematic review suggests that the therapeutic use of IVIG and corticosteroids are the most promising drugs to achieve disease control in NXG. As there are still no clear guidelines in the therapy of NXG, prospective, comparative, randomized controlled trials would be required to determine the best therapeutic approach. However, this will hardly be feasible due to the low number of cases.
Conclusions
Our study shows that the most effective treatments for NXG are intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG), corticosteroids, and combination therapies including corticosteroids. Therefore corticosteroids and IVIG should be first-line treatments in patients with NXG.
Availability of data materials
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Steinhelfer, L., Kühnel, T., Jägle, H. et al. Systemic therapy of necrobiotic xanthogranuloma: a systematic review. Orphanet J Rare Dis 17, 132 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-022-02291-z
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Keywords
- Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma
- Non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis
- Systemic therapy
- Necrobiotic xanthogranuloma and therapy