Hyperlipemic Xanthomatosis with Associated Osseous Granuloma

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Abstract
THE xanthomatoses have been divided by most authors into two groups, depending on the serum cholesterol concentration.Those exhibiting a high cholesterol in the serum are thought to result from an imbalance of cholesterol production and disposition. Secondary to the hypercholesterolemia, there may be a deposition of cholesterol in the skin, tendons, blood vessels and reticuloendothelial system. The clinical types of xanthomatoses seen in this group are usually classified according to organ-system involvement.The second group has a normal cholesterol concentration and includes such entities as xanthoma disseminatum of the skin, osseous xanthoma and the Schüller-Christian syndrome.1 Here, the fundamental . . .