XANTHOMA MULTIPLEX

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The following two cases are reported chiefly because of the rarity with which xanthoma has been known to attack the upper part of the respiratory tract. Xanthoma as an entity was first described in 1851 by Addison and Gull,1who observed both the plane variety affecting eyelids only, and the nodular variety scattered over trunk and limbs. The name vitiligoidea suggested by these authors was soon replaced by xanthoma, and descriptive terms were added, such as planum, multiplex and tuberosum. Under such names many clinical descriptions of xanthoma multiplex have been published. Usually the author has reported his case because of some peculiar distribution of the lesions, or because of the association of xanthoma with some other disease. Nodules or plaques have been found on practically every part of the external surface of the body. Most rarely the cornea is affected, only four such instances being reported previously.2

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