Familial hypercholesterolemia in a paediatric patient.
A case of familial hypercholesterolemia (homozygous) leading to coronary artery disease by the age of 10 years is presented in view of its rarity. Besides different xathomatous eruptions, the child was also having overt angina and was treated with coronary artery bypass grafting to the diseased vessels.
Ullah
Maad
M
Department of Cardiology, Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology and National Institute of Heart Diseases, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. maad107@yahoo.co.uk
Ahmad
Syed Afzaal
SA
D002648:Child; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006938:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / Q000150:complications*; D010154:Pakistan