Carotinema Associated with the Ingestion of Pumpkin
Authors: A. C. CURTIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 December 1932Carotinema Associated with the Ingestion of PumpkinReport of a CaseA. C. CURTIS, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. E. KLEINSCHMIDT, M.D.A. C. CURTIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, E. E. KLEINSCHMIDT, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-6-751 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe association of a yellow discoloration of certain areas of the skin with cases of diabetes mellitus was first brought to the attention of the scientific world by von Noorden in 1904. To this condition he gave the name xanthosis diabetica. Since then it has been variously designated as pseudoicterus,1hyperlipochromemia,2xanthemia,3and carotinemia.4This last term has been adopted by the majority of workers since Hess and Myers described the entity as a new clinical picture. Their work, and that of other investigators, notably Palmer,5has shown this condition to be associated with the ingestion of foods rich in...References1 STOELTZNER W: Pseudoikterus nach Mohrrübengenuss, München, med. Wchnschr., 1919, lxvi, 419. Google Scholar2 STANNUS HS: Hyperlipochromia; carotinemia; xanthosis cutis, Internat. Clinics, 1929, i, 146-163. Google Scholar3 BOECKYATER WCWM: Xanthemia and xanthosis (carotinemia); clinical study, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1929, xiv, 1129-1143. Google Scholar4 HESSMYERS AFVC: Carotinemia: new clinical picture, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1919, lxxiii, 1743-1745. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 PALMERECKLES LSCH: Carotin, the principal natural yellow pigment of milk fat; its relation to plant carotin and the carotin of the body fat, corpus luteum and blood serum. III, The yellow lipochrome of blood serum, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1914, xvii, 223-236. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 HASHIMOTO H: Carotinoid pigmentation of skin resulting from vegetarian diet, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1922, lxxviii, 1111-1112. Google Scholar7 INLOW HH: Possible carotinemia from eating papaw, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1929, xciii, 1085. Google Scholar8 GRAGGER E: Über einen Fall von Aurantiasis cutis Baelz, Dermat. Wchnschr., 1929, lxxxviii, 716-718. Google Scholar9 VAN DEN BERGHMULLERBROEKMEYER HPJ: Das lipochrome Pigment in Blutserum und Organen, Xanthosis, Hyperlipochromämie, Biochem. Zeitschr., 1920, cviii, 279-303. Google Scholar10 WHITE FD: Estimation of serum carotin, Jr. Lab. and Clin. Med., 1931, xvii, 53-59. Google Scholar11 LEVINSILVERS OLSH: Carotinemia resulting from restricted diet as observed in dermatologic practice, 1931, xcvi, 2190-2193. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Ann Arbor, MichiganFrom the Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Michigan. Received for publication, March 26, 1932.*Carotin=carotene. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCAROTENÆMIA 1 December 1932Volume 6, Issue 6Page: 751-753KeywordsDiabetes mellitusFoodIngestion Issue Published: 1 December 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...