Idiopathic Hyperlipemia

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Abstract
IDIOPATHIC hyperlipemia, an apparently benign disorder of neutral fat metabolism of unknown etiology, has been reported six times since Buerger and Grütz1 first described the syndrome in 1932. Thannhauser2 reviewed the reported cases to the time of the publication of his monograph in 1940. The essential features of this disorder consist of a grossly milky blood serum due to increase in neutral fat content, together with enlargement of the liver and spleen. Xanthomatous lesions of the skin may also be present. Unexplained abdominal colic has occurred in half the cases. A moderate reduction in blood fats has followed dietary treatment, . . .

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