A large intracranial xanthoma in familial hypercholesterolemia

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1994 Feb;96(1):79-82. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(94)90034-5.

Abstract

Intracranial xanthomata occurring in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia are very rare. We present a young woman with a large intracranial xanthoma. The patient was treated for a familial hyperlipoproteinemia type IIa. MRI and morphological features are shown and discussed on reviewing the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Diseases / genetics
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Brain Diseases / surgery*
  • Cholesterol / blood
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / genetics
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / pathology
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology
  • Occipital Lobe / surgery
  • Temporal Bone / pathology
  • Temporal Bone / surgery
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wolman Disease / genetics
  • Wolman Disease / pathology
  • Wolman Disease / surgery*

Substances

  • Cholesterol