Open AccessGiant tuberous xanthomas in a case of type IIA hypercholesterolemia
Author(s) -
Rajashekara Babu,
Aniketh Venkataram,
Shivashankar Santhosh,
Sadashivaiah Shivaswamy
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.101384
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , dermatology , xanthoma , familial hypercholesterolemia , pathology , surgery , cholesterol
Tuberous xanthomas are papulonodular skin lesions present in lipoprotein metabolism disorders. A patient presented with multiple large swellings (up to 20 cm in size) all over the body, which on excision were found to be tuberous xanthomas. Investigations revealed the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia. This case is reported to document the unusual presentation of giant tuberous xanthomas.