%0 Case Reports
%T Case report-Rapid regression of xanthomas under lipoprotein apheresis in a boy with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
%A Katzmann J
%A Schürfeld C
%A März W
%A Laufs U
%J J Clin Lipidol
%V 12
%N 4
%D Jul 2018 0
%M 29866529
%F 5.365
%R 10.1016/j.jacl.2018.05.001
%X Xanthomas are visibly deforming cholesterol deposits that develop after long-term exposure to high serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations. We present the case of a 10-year-old boy suffering from homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia with generalized atherosclerosis and large xanthomas. The case impressively demonstrates the potential of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering to rapidly regress pathologic cutaneous manifestations of hypercholesterolemia.