NOUN
- a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism
How To Use xanthoma In A Sentence
- Biopsy showed the papules to be eruptive xanthomas.
- Methods: The clinicopathological data of 6 cases with verruciform xanthoma of the oral mucosa were retrospectively analyzed, with follow-up.
- A differential diagnosis would be an overlapping spectrum of non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis with xanthoma disseminatum, generalized eruptive histiocytoma, and indeterminate cell disorder.
- Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis (CTX) is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by mutations in a gene called CYP27A1, which produces an enzyme called sterol 27-hydroxylase. MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire
- Elevated levels of cholesterol and bile pigments in the blood can cause gallstones, xanthomas, and high cholesterol.
- Biopsy showed the papules to be eruptive xanthomas.
- Condyloma accuminatum has prominent koilocytosis in the upper epidermis that is not found in verruciform xanthoma.
- These lipid-laden phagocytic cells tend to deposit within the skin and tendons, leading to xanthomas.
- Elevated levels of cholesterol and bile pigments in the blood can cause gallstones, xanthomas, and high cholesterol.
- The lower extremities and feet should be inspected for signs of chronic ischemia, infection, ulcerations, fissures, fungus or xanthomas.
