Eruptive xanthomas.
Xanthomas are localized lipid deposits in the skin, tendons and subcutaneous tissue associated with lipid abnormality. The hyperlipidemia responsible for this disorder can be caused by a primary genetic defect, a secondary disorder, or both. That kind of skin exanthema may be the first signal of cardiovascular risk. We present a 24-year-old woman with a skin eruption that had appeared a few months earlier.
Centre Occupational Medicine Provincial Centre, Wloclawek, Poland. Head of Centre: Joanna Zaremba MD ; Department of Dermatology, Venereal Diseases and Immunodermatology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum , Bydgoszcz, Poland. Head of Department: Rafał Czajkowski MD, PhD, DSc.
Joanna
J
Zaremba
Provincial Clinic of Dermatology for Children and Teenagers, J. Brudziński Provincial Children's Hospital, Bydgoszcz, Poland. Head of Clinic: Jarosław Cegielski MSc.
Andrzej
A
Zaczkiewicz
Department of Dermatology, Venereal Diseases and Clinical Immunology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland. Head of Department: Prof. Waldemar Placek MD, PhD.
Waldemar
W
Placek
eruptive xanthomas; lipid abnormality; therapy