REGRESSION OF XANTHOMATA OF THE EYELIDS WITH MODIFIED FAT DIET
1972; Elsevier BV; Volume: 299; Issue: 7741 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0140-6736(72)90063-3
ISSN1474-547X
AutoresAbigail Palmer, R. B. Blacket,
Tópico(s)Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions
ResumoThe treatment of type-2 hyperlipoproteinæmia by diet and drugs has been practised for only a few years. Xanthomata are slow to regress, and the usual yardstick of effective therapy is reduction of serum-cholesterol. A patient is described with extensive xanthomatous deposits in the eyelids which began to regress in the sixth year of treatment with a modified fat diet and disappeared in the eighth year. Serum-cholesterol showed no significant change until the eighth year of treatment, when it declined precipitously. These events are consistent with the view that serum-cholesterol is only weakly indicative of changes in total body economy of cholesterol.
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