Eruptive xanthoma.

Unmasking of severe hypertriglyceridaemia associated with antipsychotic therapy by atypical eruptive xanthomas

Eruptive xanthomas as a cutaneous manifestation of hypertriglyceridemia: a case report.

A 28-year-old veteran presented to the Wilford Hall dermatology clinic in San Antonio, Texas, with a six-month history of a rash that his primary care physician diagnosed as molluscum contagiosum. The rash consisted of clusters of 3 to 6mm yellowish papules with erythematous borders that concentrated on the extensor surfaces of his extremities, lower back, and buttocks. A biopsy determined that...

Eruptive xanthomas in secondary hyperlipidemia

A thirteen years old male patient of i was referred to our Dermatology D knees and hands. Patient was blind since birth and diagnosis of “retinitis pigmentosa” Ophthalmology Department. He was investigated and found raised levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, VLDL, TSH, SGOT/PT and kidney functions tests. He was diagnosed as a case of eruptive xanthomas with retinitis pigmentosa in secondary h...

An unusual presentation of eruptive xanthoma

BACKGROUND Eruptive xanthomas are benign skin lesions caused by localized deposition of lipids in the dermis. The lesions are generally caused by elevated levels of serum triglycerides that leak through the capillaries and are phagocytosed by macrophages in the dermis. Clinical manifestation varies from asymptomatic skin lesions to intense pruritus and tenderness. METHODS We present a case of...

Evidence for the chylomicron origin of lipids accumulating in diabetic eruptive xanthomas: a correlative lipid biochemical, histochemical, and electron microscopic study.

Plasma lipoprotein alterations in nine insulin-dependent diabetics with hyperlipemia have been related to the lipid accumulating in eruptive xanthomas evolving in these patients. Histochemical and electron microscopic examination of xanthomas have been correlated with the lipid analyses in order to obtain additional evidence regarding the lipoprotein origin of lipids accumulating in the lesions...