Vista de cerca de un xantoma
Los xantomas son lesiones de la piel prominentes, de apariencia cerosa y por lo general amarillentas. Pueden estar asociados a una anomalía lipídica subyacente (de colesterol o triglicéridos).
Revision
Last reviewed 6/4/2012 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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