Matsuo I, Yoshino K, Ozawa A, Ohkido M
J Am Acad Dermatol. 1981 Jan;4(1):47-9. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(81)70006-9.
A patient with phytosterolemia and type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia with tuberous xanthomas is described. The plant sterols, beta-sitosterol, campesterol, and stigmasterol, were identified in plasma and the xanthomas; to our knowledge, this is the first case of phytosterolemia and xanthomatosis in a Japanese.