Xanthomas are small skin blemishes that happen due to a buildup of fats under the surface of the skin. They can also develop on internal organs. The bumps themselves are not dangerous. However, they ...

Eruptive xanthomas are small lesions and bumps that appear on the skin. They can be yellow, pink, brown, or skin-colored and may sometimes be itchy and painful. While eruptive xanthomas are not ...

Cholesterol deposits are generally painless, and they can occur in many places on the body but are most common around the eyelids. They often indicate that a person is at higher risk of certain health ...

High cholesterol is medically recognised as a condition with no clinical manifestations, meaning it can only be diagnosed when evidence from a blood test has been obtained. The longer the condition is ...

14:35, Sat, Nov 21, 2020 Updated: 15:37, Sat, Nov 21, 2020 Xanthomas can indicate a genetic predisposition to high cholesterol. You'll need to check over your skin to see if you have these, but what ...

A 46-year-old man with obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and bipolar disorder presented with a rash (Figure 1) accompanied by ongoing excessive urine production, excessive thirst and blurred ...

Abstract A previously healthy, 38-year-old man with a family history of early cerebrovascular accidents presented with a sudden eruption of pink papules with creamy-colored centers on his arms and ...

A 32-year-old woman with a history of endoscopic mucosal resection for colon adenoma 2 years earlier visited our hospital for examination of incidentally elevated tumor markers (CA19-9, 43.5 U/ml).

Let’s be real: When it comes to detecting heart disease risk, you probably aren’t checking your skin first. And why would you? Skin health and heart health are unrelated, right? Not quite, doctors say ...

High cholesterol, often symptomless initially, can manifest through subtle signs like tendon xanthomas, leg pain during walking, and yellow eyelid deposits. Numbness in limbs, dizziness, or slurred ...

A 26-year-old man with a history of uncontrolled hyperlipidemia presented with a six-month history of painful, multiple papules on his chest, back and limbs. The two-year-old tattoos on his right leg ...

High cholesterol often goes unnoticed, since it does not cause too many "visible" symptoms, or even non-visible ones such as weakness, lethargy etc. However, the condition is almost always directly ...