Phytosterolemia and type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia with tuberous xanthomas.
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.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D010840:Phytosterols / Q000097:blood*; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications
D010840:Phytosterols