Xanthomas are small skin blemishes that happen due to a buildup of fats under the surface of the skin. They can also develop on internal organs. The bumps themselves are not dangerous. However, they ...
Eruptive xanthomas are small lesions and bumps that appear on the skin. They can be yellow, pink, brown, or skin-colored and may sometimes be itchy and painful. While eruptive xanthomas are not ...
High cholesterol is medically recognised as a condition with no clinical manifestations, meaning it can only be diagnosed when evidence from a blood test has been obtained. The longer the condition is ...
Cholesterol deposits are generally painless, and they can occur in many places on the body but are most common around the eyelids. They often indicate that a person is at higher risk of certain health ...
14:35, Sat, Nov 21, 2020 Updated: 15:37, Sat, Nov 21, 2020 Xanthomas can indicate a genetic predisposition to high cholesterol. You'll need to check over your skin to see if you have these, but what ...
A 46-year-old man with obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and bipolar disorder presented with a rash (Figure 1) accompanied by ongoing excessive urine production, excessive thirst and blurred ...
Do you have yellowish patches near your eyes or small lumps on your skin? You might wonder if these are xanthelasma or xanthoma. Both are skin conditions caused by fat building up under the skin, but ...
In the general population, palmar xanthomas are a characteristic of type III dysbetalipoproteinemia (type III), an atherogenic lipid disorder characterized by the presence of very low-density ...
High cholesterol, often symptomless, can manifest through skin changes like xanthelasma and xanthomas, indicating elevated levels or genetic conditions. These visible signs, detailed in the British ...
High cholesterol, often symptomless initially, can manifest through subtle signs like tendon xanthomas, leg pain during walking, and yellow eyelid deposits. Numbness in limbs, dizziness, or slurred ...
A 26-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled hyperlipidemia presented with a six-month history of painful, multiple papules on his chest, back and limbs. The two-year-old tattoos on his right leg ...