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George C. Andrews, M.D.; Maurice J. Costello, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1953;68(2):230-236.

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Generalized Steatoma Associated with Hypercholesteremia. Presented by DR. GEORGE M. LEWIS.

D. E., an Italian woman, aged 33, is presented from New York Hospital with an eruption on the scalp, postauricular areas, face, forearms, chest, buttocks, and vulva, of about 20 years' duration. When the patient was first seen on April 8, 1952, she gave a history of nodules having developed on the skin starting at about the age of 11. They have been appearing in increasing numbers over the past 20 years, being most numerous on the scalp, behind the ears, forearms, neck, and vulva, but excluding almost no part of the integument. They have shown no tendency to undergo involution and have been entirely asymptomatic.

There is a history of nodules on the skin which goes back six generations on the paternal side. One sister and a paternal aunt have diabetes. The patient's youngest child (8 months old) . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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