[Diagnostic image (319). A man with multiple yellow nodules].
A 57-year-old man with liver function disturbances, probably due to alcohol abuse, presented with multiple yellow skin nodules: eruptive xanthomas. He used to consume pork excessively and had strongly elevated plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels.
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Deventer Ziekenhuis, afd. Dermatologie, Postbus 5001, 7400 GC Deventer.
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D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology