XANTHOMA ACCOMPANIED BY HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, OCCURRING IN AN OTHERWISE NORMAL INDIVIDUAL, AND IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH ACROMEGALY AND DIABETES
Authors: Thomas Hodge Mcgavack, H. Clare Shepardson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 November 1933XANTHOMA ACCOMPANIED BY HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA, OCCURRING IN AN OTHERWISE NORMAL INDIVIDUAL, AND IN AN INDIVIDUAL WITH ACROMEGALY AND DIABETESTHOMAS HODGE MCGAVACK, A.B., M.D., H. CLARE SHEPARDSON, A.B., M.A., M.D., F.A.C.P.THOMAS HODGE MCGAVACK, A.B., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, H. CLARE SHEPARDSON, A.B., M.A., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-5-582 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe study of fat metabolism, and of the rôle it plays in the animal economy, has been diligently pursued by many investigators, especially in recent years. As a result of this impetus, lipoid metabolism, and particularly cholesterol utilization, is being investigated constantly in a great variety of pathologic conditions.Alteration in the normal utilization of the lipoid substances is found ordinarily as a complicating condition in some more profound disease process, although it may occur spontaneously. However, regardless of the etiology of such disturbance, the accumulation of the lipids in the organism frequently acts as a morbific factor, the effects...References1. BROWNHOWARD TRJT: Xanthoma multiplex, with report of case, Internat. Clin., 1931, iv, 106-113. Google Scholar2. BLOCH B: Metabolism, endocrine glands, and skin diseases, with special reference to acne vulgaris and xanthoma, British Jr. Dermat., 1931, xliii, 61-87. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WILEDUEMLING UJWW: Familial xanthoma, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1930, xxi, 642-647. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. MAJOR RH: Xanthoma diabeticorum, Bull. 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