title: Xanthoma disseminatum in a black African woman.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a partial steroid response of xanthoma disseminatum in a black African woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report and literature review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Histopathologic study of cutaneous tumour and clinical follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 32-year-old black African woman with mucocutaneous xanthomatosis and dysphonia, which partially responded to treatment with steroids.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Xanthoma dissseminatum is a rare condition for which there is no medical treatment. We reported the condition in a black African woman whose skin and CNS symptoms regressed remarkably within 22 weeks of steroid therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Dermatology Unit, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. shehumy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Shehu M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yusuf
authors.forename: Mohammed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mijinyawa
authors.forename: Baba M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Musa
authors.forename: Aminu Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Mohammed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone