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Year : 2014 | Volume
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Xanthomas and hypercholoesterolemia
N Jayaprasad1, LR Tomar2, S Pruthi2, G Muktesh2, Amitesh Aggarwal2
1 Department of Cardiology, Govt. Medical College, Kottayam, Kerala, India 2 Department of Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Date of Web Publication | 15-Nov-2014 |
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DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.144804
How to cite this article: Jayaprasad N, Tomar L R, Pruthi S, Muktesh G, Aggarwal A. Xanthomas and hypercholoesterolemia. Heart Views 2014;15:93-4 |

Figure 1a-c: Subcutaneous nodules on dorsum of both hands (a), elbows (b), and over both Achiles tendons in a 42-year-old man with severe triple vessel coronary artery disease

Figure 2a-c: Multiple boggy yellow-white swellings over bilateral knee joints (a) and a xanthelasma (b) over left eyelid in a 20-year-old girl with family history of hyperlipidemia. Bilateral eyelid xanthelasma in the mother (c)
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