Successful Treatment of Diffuse Normolipemic Plane Xanthoma with Probucol

We report on a 70-year-old woman with diffuse normolipemic plane xanthoma (DNPX) who developed macular yellowish patches on the eyelids, both cheeks, and the nose. Histology revealed the accumulation of CD68-positive foam cells and Touton giant cells in the superficial dermis. Plasma lipid levels we...

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Main Authors: Fumi Miyagawa, Takaya Fukumoto, Nobuhiko Kobayashi, Hideo Asada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/351682