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Xanthoma disseminatum in a black African woman
Author(s) -
Yusuf Shehu M.,
Mijinyawa Mohammed S.,
Musa Baba M.,
Mohammed Aminu Z.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2008.03781.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mucocutaneous zone , xanthoma , dermatology , african american , black women , surgery , pathology , disease , gender studies , ethnology , sociology , history
Purpose To report a partial steroid response of xanthoma disseminatum in a black African woman. Design Case report and literature review. Methods Histopathologic study of cutaneous tumour and clinical follow‐up. Results A 32‐year‐old black African woman with mucocutaneous xanthomatosis and dysphonia, which partially responded to treatment with steroids. Conclusions Xanthoma dissseminatum is a rare condition for which there is no medical treatment. We reported the condition in a black African woman whose skin and CNS symptoms regressed remarkably within 22 weeks of steroid therapy.