[Diagnostic image. A woman with orange hand lines].
Incidental cholesterol measurement in a 44-year-old woman revealed 12 mmol/l. She also had orange hand lines and elbow papules, caused by familial dysbetalipoproteinaemia.
Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Maastricht, The Netherlands. ebouwmans@viecuri.nl
Esther M E
EM
Bouwmans
Fahima
F
Assouiki
D000328:Adult; D053329:Apolipoprotein E2 / Q000235:genetics*; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006952:Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*
D053329:Apolipoprotein E2; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL