LIPEMIA RETINALIS AND XANTHOMA DIABETICORUM IN DIABETES MELLITUS
Authors: A M LEFKOVITS, J M YOUNG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 April 1950LIPEMIA RETINALIS AND XANTHOMA DIABETICORUM IN DIABETES MELLITUSAARON M. LEFKOVITS, M.D., JOSEPH M. YOUNG, M.D.AARON M. LEFKOVITS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH M. YOUNG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-32-4-755 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptLipemia retinalis is a rare complication of diabetes mellitus. Falls1 stated in 1943 that only 61 cases of lipemia retinalis had been reported up to that time and that his case was the sixty-second. We wish to place on record an additional instance of this condition which was observed in a young white adult male who was admitted to Kennedy Veterans Administration Hospital in moderately severe diabetic acidosis and in whom both lipemia retinalis and skin lesions of xanthoma diabeticorum were observed.This interesting combination of physical findings has been described and the theoretical considerations discussed by previous authors1, 7,...Bibliography1. Falls HF: Lipaemia retinalis, report of a case, Arch. Ophth. 30: 358, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Heyl AG: Intra-ocular lipaemia, Tr. Am. Ophth. Soc. 3: 54, 1880. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Wagener HP: Lipaemia retinalis, report of 3 cases, Am. J. Ophth. 5: 521, 1922. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HoltAylwardTimbus LEFXHG: Familial lipaemia of undetermined origin, J. Clin. Investigation 15: 451, 1936. Google Scholar5. Kauffman LM: Lipaemia retinalis, Am. J. Ophth. 26: 1205, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Lepard CW: Lipaemia retinalis in non-diabetic patient, Arch. Ophth. 32: 371, 1944. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. MarbleSmith AR: Blood lipids in lipaemia retinalis, Arch. Ophth. 15: 86, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. ParkerCuller WRAM: Lipaemia retinalis, Am. J. Ophth. 13: 573, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Duke-Elder WS: Textbook of ophthalmology, Vol. III, 1943, p. 2743. Google Scholar10. Boyd EM: The lipid composition of "milky" blood serum, Tr. Roy. Soc. Canada 31: 11, 1937. Google Scholar11. JaffeSchonfeld MWA: Lipaemia retinalis due to diabetes mellitus, Ophth. 9: 531, 1933. Google Scholar12. SuttonSutton RLRL: Diseases of the skin, 10th Ed., 1935, C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, p. 391. Google Scholar13. WileEcksteinCurtis UJHCAC: Lipid studies in xanthoma, Arch. Dermat. and Syph. 19: 35, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. Moore RA: Textbook of pathology, 1945, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, p. 1090. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Memphis, Tennessee*Received for publication October 16, 1947.From the Medical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group, Kennedy Hospital, Memphis 15, Tennessee.Published with permission of the Chief Medical Director, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration, who assumes no responsibility for the opinions expressed or conclusions drawn by the authors. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten des Kohlenhydratstoffwechsels 1 April 1950Volume 32, Issue 4Page: 755-759KeywordsBlood sugarCholesterolDiabetes mellitusHyperlipidemiaInsulinLesionsRed blood cellsSurgeryWhite blood cellsYoung adults ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...