Purpose: To present an infant with bilateral ocular and skin involvement by juvenile xanthogranuloma and the results of treatment with vinblastine.

Methods: Analysis of the clinical and histopathologic data and the results of the treatment.

Results: After 14 months' evolution with no response to other treatments, the lesions responded to a course of vinblastine (6 mg/m2/weekly, corrected for weight), which was followed by a maintenance treatment for 52 weeks.

Conclusions: The treatment protocol used in the present case may prove useful for similar patients. We found no other report describing these results.

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