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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 369-371 |
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Diffuse plane xanthomatosis in a patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome and monoclonal gammopathy
Mukadder Kocak1, Hatice Keles2, Fahri Yakaryilmaz3, Onder Bozdogan4, Sefa Guliter3
1 Department of Dermatology, University of Kirikkale, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kirikkale, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3 Department of Gastroenterology, University of Kirikkale, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
4 Department of Pathology, University of Kirikkale, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Mukadder Kocak
Filistin Caddesi, Ęzci Sokak 26/2, 06700 GOP, Ankara
Turkey
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DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.57616
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Diffuse plane xanthomas are characterized by the presence of yellowish plaques on the eyelids, neck, upper trunk, buttocks, and flexural folds. Histology shows foamy histiocytes in the dermis. Approximately half of the cases are associated with lymphoproliferative disorders. Budd-Chiari syndrome is an uncommon condition induced by thrombotic or nonthrombotic obstruction of hepatic venous outflow. We present a case of diffuse plane xanthoma in a 62-year-old man who developed normolipemic plane xanthomas coinciding with Budd-Chiari syndrome and monoclonal gammopathy. We review the English-language literature regarding the rare association of xanthomas and Budd-Chiari syndrome. |
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