Synonym(s)
Tarpaulin Xanthome
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Patchy, slightly raised, up to palm-sized, soft, yellowish, surface-smooth plaques. Manifestation as xanthelasma without dyslipidemia (see xanthomatosis, generalized, plane) and in hypercholesterolemia. They result from storage of cholesterol-rich LDL in macrophages of the oe'ber dermis.
Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.
Xanthelasma.
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TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
Treatment of the underlying disease and surgical removal if necessary. See also Xanthelasma, Xanthomas, eruptive.
Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.
If the changes are more pronounced on the trunk, they are also called xanthelasma (xanthelasma) corporis.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Broeshart JH (2003) Normolipemic plane xanthoma associated with adenocarcinoma and severe itch. J Am Acad Dermatol 49: 119-122.
- Caputo R et al (2002) Progressive histiocytosis: description of a case of slow-course non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis. Dermatology 205: 293-297
- Chang HY (2003) Eruptive xanthomas associated with olanzapine use. Arch Dermatol 139: 1045-1048.
- Hirata Y et al (2002) Low density lipoprotein oxidized in xanthoma tissue induces the formation and infiltration of foam cells. J Dermatol Sci 30: 248-255
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