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 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Penile_Xanthoma_1_050808 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | XANTHOMA | Category: | Metabolic disorders / cutaneous sign of systemic disease | ||
| Body Site: | penis / genital | Age: | 40 years | ||
| Contributor: | T.C. Satish, MD | ||||
| Description: | rubbery smooth topped yellow plaques | ||||
| Comments: | This 40-year-old man was evaluated for yellow plaques around the coronal sulcus on the glans penis. He had a longstanding history of hypercholesterolemia. | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | xanthomas_2_040112 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | XANTHOMA / DRUG REACTION / HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / drug reaction | ||
| Body Site: | knee | Age: | 54 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | smooth waxy yellow nodules | ||||
| Comments: | This 54-year-old man developed eruptive yellow nodules on his knees several months earlier. For several months he was being managed for hyperlipidemia which occurred as a complication of medications administered for Human immunodeficiency virus infection. | ||||
| Related Images: | xanthomas_1_040112 | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | xanthomas_1_040112 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | XANTHOMA / DRUG REACTION / HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / drug reaction | ||
| Body Site: | knee | Age: | 54 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | smooth waxy yellow nodules | ||||
| Comments: | This 54-year-old man developed eruptive yellow nodules on his knees several months earlier. For several months he was being managed for hyperlipidemia which occurred as a complication of medications administered for Human immunodeficiency virus infection. | ||||
| Related Images: | xanthomas_2_040112 | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | xanthoma_2_020310 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | XANTHOMA / XANTHOMA, ERUPTIVE | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / Metabolic disorders | ||
| Body Site: | knee / leg | Age: | 24 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | papules resolved with minimal post inflammatory hyperpigmentation | ||||
| Comments: | A 24 year old woman with type IV familial hyperlipidemia developed eruptive xanthomas over the extensor surfaces of her extremities. Within 2 months of starting medications to lower serum lipids the papules and nodules resolved with minimal post inflammatory hyperpigmentation | ||||
| Related Images: | xanthoma_1_020310 | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | xanthoma_1_020310 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | XANTHOMA / XANTHOMA, ERUPTIVE | Category: | lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / Metabolic disorders | ||
| Body Site: | knee / leg | Age: | 24 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | multiple 3-5 mm symmetric yellowish-brown waxy papules some of which are confluent | ||||
| Comments: | A 24 year old woman with type IV familial hyperlipidemia developed eruptive xanthomas over the extensor surfaces of her extremities. Within 2 months of starting medications to lower serum lipids the papules and nodules resolved without leaving scars. | ||||
| Related Images: | xanthoma_2_020310 | ||||
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