XANTHOMATOUS BILIARY CIRRHOSIS
Authors: W R MILLER, H M POLLARD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Case Reports1 April 1953XANTHOMATOUS BILIARY CIRRHOSISW. RUTLEDGE MILLER, M.D., H. MARVIN POLLARD, M.D., F.A.C.P.W. RUTLEDGE MILLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. MARVIN POLLARD, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-4-845 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of cutaneous xanthomatous lesions and hyperlipemia in the presence of hepatic dysfunction has only recently been recognized as a single clinical entity. First in 1937 Thannhauser and Magendantz,10 and later in 1940 Thannhauser11 described and correlated this combination and called it "xanthomatous biliary cirrhosis." Since that time there have been only about 30 cases with autopsy reported in the medical literature.It is the purpose of this paper to report one additional necropsied case, and to include a very brief review of the clinical and pathologic picture of this disease.CASE REPORTThe patient was a 36 year...Bibliography1. AhrensPayneKunkelEisenmengerBlondheim EHMAHGWJSH: Primary biliary cirrhosis, Medicine 29: 299-364 (Dec.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. AddisonGull TW: Quoted in Thannhauser, S. J.: Lipidosis, 1940, Oxford Press, New York. Google Scholar3. ComfortShepardSnell MWVDAM: Xanthomatous biliary cirrhosis, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 16: 374-377 (June 11) 1941. Google Scholar4. EustermanMontgomery GBH: Disorders of liver and extrahepatic biliary ducts associated with cutaneous xanthomas and hyperlipemia, Gastroenterology 3: 275-286 (Oct.) 1944. Google Scholar5. Fagge CH: Quoted in Thannhauser, S. J.: Lipidosis, 1940, Oxford Press, New York. Google Scholar6. Herbert FK: Case of juvenile xanthomatosis with enlarged liver and spleen and greatly increased plasma lipoids, Arch. Dis. Childhood 18: 41-49 (March) 1943. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. MacMahonThannhauser HESJ: Xanthomatous biliary cirrhosis, Ann. Int. Med. 30: 121-179 (Jan.) 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar8. Pye-Smith PH: Xanthelasma "Vitiligoiedea plana" of skin, peritoneum, and mucus membrane, associated with jaundice: autopsy, Tr. Path. Soc. London 24: 250-253, 1873. Google Scholar9. ShayHarris HC: Changing concepts of xanthomatous biliary cirrhosis, Am. J. M. Sc. 223: 286-300 (March) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. ThannhauserMagendantz SJH: The different clinical groups of xanthomatous diseases; a clinical physiological study of 22 cases, Ann. Int. Med. 11: 1662-1746 (March) 1938. LinkGoogle Scholar11. Thannhauser SJ: Lipidosis, 1940, Oxford Press, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication August 23, 1952.From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis in primary biliary cirrhosis: What is the risk?Serum Cholesterol in Primary Biliary CirrhosisXANTHOMATOUS BILIARY CIRRHOSIS SECONDARY TO CARCINOMA OF THE EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS*LEONARD J. STUTMAN, RICHARD C. BOZIANXanthomatous Biliary Cirrhosis 1 April 1953Volume 38, Issue 4Page: 845-851KeywordsAutopsyCirrhosisHospital medicineHyperlipidemiaLesions ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1953 PDF downloadLoading ...