title: Xanthoma tuberosum in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
abstract: Familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia is one of the high risk factors that can result in premature coronary arterial disease leading to severe morbidity and premature death in children and young adults. We describe a rare example of extensive xanthoma tuberosum in a case of familial homozygous hypercholesterolemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Nagaraja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moorthy
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ananthakrishna
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prabhavathi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Manjunath C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nanjappa
keywords: Coronary artery disease; hypercholesterolemia; xanthoma tuberosum