Babu Rajashekara, Venkataram Aniketh, Santhosh Shivashankar, Shivaswamy Sadashivaiah
Department of General Surgery, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Karnataka, India.
J Cutan Aesthet Surg. 2012 Jul;5(3):204-6. doi: 10.4103/0974-2077.101384.
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.
结节性黄瘤是脂蛋白代谢紊乱时出现的丘疹结节状皮肤损害。一名患者全身出现多个巨大肿物(最大达20厘米),切除后发现为结节性黄瘤。检查发现该患者患有家族性高胆固醇血症。报道此病例以记录巨大结节性黄瘤的不寻常表现。