• Title of article

    Xanthoma dieminatum with bilateral epibulbar involvement

  • Author/Authors

    Laura L. Wayman، نويسنده , , Curti E. Margo، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    558
  • To page
    559
  • Abstract
    Purpoe To decribe the ocular involvement in xanthoma dieminatum. Deign Cae report and literature review. Method Hitopathologic tudy of excied conjunctival tumor and clinical follow-up. Reult A 29-year-old woman with normal erum lipoprotein developed widepread xanthoma of the kin, throat, and epiclera. There were no ign of recurrence 12 month after removal of the conjunctival xanthoma. Concluion Xanthoma dieminatum i a rare condition for which there i no medical treatment. The ditinction between the normolipemic xanthomatoe await a better undertanding of their pathogenei. urgical removal of epicleral xanthoma can be ucceful, but long-term follow-up of uch patient ha been limited.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    625431