Open AccessXanthoma tuberosum in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
Author(s) -
Nagaraja Moorthy,
Rajiv Ananthakrishna,
Prabhavathi Bhat,
Manjunath C Nanjappa
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.132479
Subject(s) - familial hypercholesterolemia , medicine , xanthoma , atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease , disease , pediatrics , cardiology , cholesterol
Familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia is one of the high risk factors that can result in premature coronary arterial disease leading to severe morbidity and premature death in children and young adults. We describe a rare example of extensive xanthoma tuberosum in a case of familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia.