Charles P. Vega, MD: A 55-year-old woman comes to see her primary care physician with a chief complaint of "What are all these bumps I see all over?" She has noted an increasing number of asymptomatic ...

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 ...

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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 ...

IT is becoming generally accepted that many cutaneous abnormalities are symptomatic of general diseases and, therefore, that a disease may have in common various manifestations detectable in various ...

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 ...

Xanthoma is a condition in which fatty growths develop underneath the skin. Xanthoma is usually caused by high levels of blood lipids, or fats. Overview Xanthoma is a condition in which fatty growths ...