AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: S. J. THANNHAUSER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 March 1938AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTTHE DIFFERENT CLINICAL GROUPS OF XANTHOMATOUS DISEASES; A CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY OF 22 CASES*S. J. THANNHAUSER, M.D., Ph.D., HEINZ MAGENDANTZ, M.D.S. J. THANNHAUSER, M.D., Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, HEINZ MAGENDANTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-9-1662 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCONTENTSPart One:I. Introduction.II. Physiology of cholesterol metabolism.Part Two: Presentation of cases.I. Primary essential xanthomatosis.A. Primary essential xanthomatosis of the hypercholesteremic type.1. Xanthomata of tendons.Cases 1 and 2.2. Xanthomata tuberosa et plana.Cases 3 and 4.3. Forme fruste.Cases 5 and 6.4. Combination of types one and two.Cases 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13.4a. Discussion of coincidence of xanthomata plana and xanthomata of tendons with xanthomatous involvement of heart, blood vessels, liver, and pancreas.5. Xanthomatous biliary cirrhosis.a. Cases of xanthomatous biliary cirrhosis.Cases 14, 15 and...Bibliography1. ADDISONGULL TW: On a certain affection of the skin, vitiligoidea—(a) plana; (b) tuberosa with remarks, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1851, vii, 265. Google Scholar1a. ALLBRIGHTBUTLERHAMPTONSMITH FAMAOP: Syndrome characterized by osteitis fibrosa disseminata; Areas of pigmentation and endocrine dysfunction, with precocious puberty in females, New Eng. Jr. Med., 1937, ccxvi, 727. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ANDERSON TM: A case of xanthoma multiplex in a child, Brit. Med. Jr., 1892, ii, 1220. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. ANITSCHKOWCHALATOW NS: Ueber experimentelle Cholesterinsteatose und ihre Bedeutung für die Entstehung einiger pathologischer Prozesse, Centralbl. f. allg. Path., 1913, xxiv, 1. Google Scholar4. 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