Algoed L, Caemaert J, Achten E, van Aken J, de Reuck J
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1994 Feb;96(1):79-82. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(94)90034-5.
Intracranial xanthomata occurring in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia are very rare. We present a young woman with a large intracranial xanthoma. The patient was treated for a familial hyperlipoproteinemia type IIa. MRI and morphological features are shown and discussed on reviewing the literature.