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REPORT ON THREE OF FIVE SIBLINGS WITH XANTHOMA TUBEROSUM MULTIPLEX

EDWARD A. LEVIN, M.D.; MAURICE SULLIVAN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1936;33(6):967-969.

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Seventeen reports on familial xanthoma, comprising a total of fifty-two cases, have been published.¹

The condition is transmitted as a recessive characteristic and may be inherited through either parent. Six times it has been reported as occurring in two siblings and no other relatives,² and twice it has been noted in three siblings and no other relatives.³ Two authors have recorded cases in which four siblings were affected.⁴ In one family the condition was found in two brothers and their two first cousins,⁵ and in another family, in three brothers and their two first cousins.⁶

There are three reports of xanthoma in two generations; the first was that of a mother and four children,⁷ the second that of a mother and three sons⁸ and the third that of a mother and one son.⁹ Most interesting is the first mention in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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CLEVELAND

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, Cleveland City Hospital, Harold N. Cole, Director.

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