xanthoma (redirected from disseminated xanthoma)

xan·tho·ma  (zn-thm)

n. pl. xan·tho·mas or xan·tho·ma·ta (-m-t)

A yellowish-orange, lipid-filled nodule or papule in the skin, often on an eyelid or over a joint.

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xan·thoma·tous (-thm-ts) adj.

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xanthoma [zænˈθəʊmə]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol the presence in the skin of fatty yellow or brownish plaques or nodules, esp on the eyelids, caused by a disorder of lipid metabolism

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xanthoma

a skin disease characterized by the formation of yellow neoplastic growths, affecting especially the eyelids. Also called xanthelasma. — xanthomatous, adj.

See also: Disease and Illness

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xanthoma - a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism disease of the skin, skin disease, skin disorder - a disease affecting the skin xanthelasma - xanthoma of the eyelids; occurs chiefly in the elderly xanthoma disseminatum - rare chronic xanthoma of adults in which orange or brownish papules develop on many surfaces of the body cholesterosis cutis, lipid granulomatosis, lipoid granulomatosis, xanthoma multiplex, xanthomatosis - widespread xanthomas (especially on elbows and knees); often associated with a disorder of lipid metabolism