OBJECTIVES To study the frequency of occurrence of the different forms of primary dyslipidaemia, to display their various clinical presentations and their lipid profile before and six months after therapy. METHODS Prospective study was conducted in the Cairo University Childrens' Hospital. Twenty primary dyslipidaemic cases were included with history taking, clinical examination, electrocardi...

INTRODUCTION Verruciform xanthoma is a wart-like benign lesion. The classic histologic appearance consists of foamy histiocytes within elongated dermal papillae and epithelial acanthosis. The lesion most commonly occurs in the oral cavity, but has been reported in extra-oral sites such as the penis, scrotum, and vulva. The clinical and histologic characteristics of verruciform genital-associate...

Verruciform xanthoma is a rare tumor-like lesion, predominantly affecting the oral mucosa. Although several studies of verruciform xanthoma have been reported, the characteristic features and pathogenesis have not been fully clarified. The purpose of the present study is to perform immunohistochemical analysis using markers of proliferative cell activity and cytokeratins, and to perform compara...

LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe the differential diagnosis of xanthelasma palpebrarum. 2. Discuss the various nonsurgical and surgical treatment options and their advantages and disadvantages. 3. Describe the circumstances in which recurrence is most likely after treatment. Xanthelasma palpebrarum is the most common cutaneous xanth...

Verruciform Xanthoma (VX) is a relatively rare benign mucocutaneous lesion of unknown aetiology. VX occurs predominantly in oral cavity which also occasionally affects skin and genital mucosa. It was first reported in the oral cavity in 1971. This rare harmless lesion usually presents as sessile or pedunculated, appear as a papule or single plaque showing verrucous or papillomatous mucosal grow...

ical examination because of epigastric discomfort. Esophagogastroscopy revealed a small, elevated, verrucoid pink-yellowish mucosal lesion, 3mm in diameter, in the upper third of the esophagus (●" Fig. 1). Low power histological examination revealed an exophytic lesion resembling a squamouspapilloma,with the typical papillomatosis, acanthosis, and hyperparakeratosis of the esophageal squamous e...

Xanthoma disseminatum is a rare, benign, non-Langerhans' cell histiocytic disorder of unknown etiology. A case is presented of a 71-year-old man with a three-year history of disseminated symmetric yellowish papules and plaques on the skin of the face, neck, flexor regions, trunk, extremities and oral mucosa, with fatty infiltration of the liver and pancreas, and cardiac complaints. Xanthomatous...