OCCLUSIVE ARTERIAL DISEASE OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LIPEMIA AND XANTHOMA TUBEROSUM
Authors: Nelson W. Barker
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Reports1 May 1939OCCLUSIVE ARTERIAL DISEASE OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LIPEMIA AND XANTHOMA TUBEROSUMNELSON W. BARKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.NELSON W. BARKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-11-1891 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the past two years two patients have been observed at the clinic who presented the clinical picture of occlusive arterial disease of the legs, xanthoma tuberosum of the skin and marked lipemia.The first patient was a man, aged 46 years, of Welsh and French ancestry, who apparently always had enjoyed good health. He complained solely of typical intermittent claudication of the calves of both legs of seven years' duration which had become progressively more severe. He smoked an average of 25 to 30 cigarettes a day; he gave no history of phlebitis, pain or trophic changes in the...References1. ANITSCHKOWCHALATOW NS: Ueber experimentelle Cholesterinsteatose und ihre Bedeutung für die Entstehung einiger pathologischer Prozesse, Centralbl. f. allg. Path. u. path. Anat., 1913, xxiv, 1-9. Google Scholar2. BAILEY CH: Atheroma and other lesions produced in rabbits by cholesterol feeding, Jr. Exper. Med., 1916, xxiii, 69-85. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. FAGGE CH: X. Diseases, etc., of the skin. I. General xanthelasma or vitiligoidea, Trans. Path. Soc. London, 1873, xxiv, 242-250. Google Scholar4. IGNATOWSKI A: Über die Wirkung des tierischen Eiweisses auf die Aorta und die parenchymatösen Organe der Kaninchen, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat. u. Physiol., 1909, cxcviii, 248-270. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. LEARY T: Experimental atherosclerosis in the rabbit compared with human (coronary) atherosclerosis, Arch. Path., 1934, xvii, 453-492. Google Scholar6. LEHZENKNAUSS GK: Ueber Xanthoma multiplex planum, tuberosum, mollusciforme, Arch. f. path. Anat. u. Physiol., 1889, cxvi, 85-104. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MONTGOMERY H: Xanthomatosis: systemic disease, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clinic, 1937, xii, 641-644. Google Scholar8. MONTGOMERYOSTERBERG HAE: Unpublished data. Google Scholar9. OCHSNERCONNER HCHM: Lipemia accompanied by atheromatous and occlusive vascular disease: report of a case and partial review of the literature, ANN. INT. MED., 1936, x, 258-269. Google Scholar10. OPPENHEIMERFISHBERG BSAM: Lipemia and reticulo-endothelial apparatus, Arch. Int. Med., 1925, xxxvi, 667-681. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Read before the meeting of the Central Society for Clinical Research, Chicago, Illinois, November 5, 1937.†All determinations of the lipoids of the blood mentioned in this report were done on plasma. The determinations of concentration of cholesterol, of fatty acids, and of total lipoids were made by the Bloor method, that of lecithin by the Whitehorn method. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAdvances for the treatment of lower extremity arterial disease associated with diabetes mellitusThe relationship of hypercholesterolemia to atherosclerosis with particular emphasis on familial hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, obstructive jaundice, myxedema, and the nephrotic syndromeLes manifestation oculaires des troubles primitifs du metabolisme des lipides: Étude clinique, génétique et anatomo-pathologiqueTHE RATIO BETWEEN PHOSPHOLIPID AND THE CHOLESTEROLS IN PLASMA AS AN INDEX OF HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROSIS*RAYMOND S. JACKSON, M.D., CHARLES F. WILKINSON JR., M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 May 1939Volume 12, Issue 11Page: 1891-1895KeywordsAttentionBlood plasmaCholesterolFatty acidsHyperlipidemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...