Korean J Dermatol.  1982 Dec;20(6):985-989.

A Case of Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II b with Diabetes Mellitus

• Kim TJ
• Chyung EJ
• Park SY
• Yang SK
• Kim JT

Abstract

A 32-year-old male patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus was affected with hyperlipoproteinemia type II His skin lesion showed yellowish papulsr tuberoruptive xanthoma on forearm, shoulder, elbow and knee. Besides skin eruption, he showed abnormal liver function test and right bundle branch block on EKG. The laboratory examinations revealed increase of serum cholesterol, triglycerides. and fasting blood sugar, and slight turbid color of fasting blood serum which had been kept standing at 4C for 24 hrs. On the agarose electrophoresis, bands of different densities of LDL and VLDL in beta and pre-beta position Were noted. Authors discussed here about laboratory characteristics, clinical manifestations and differential diagnosis of hyperlipoproteinemia type II and III.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Blood Glucose
Bundle-Branch Block
Cholesterol
Diabetes Mellitus*
Diagnosis, Differential
Elbow
Electrocardiography
Electrophoresis
Fasting
Forearm
Humans
Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II*
Hyperlipoproteinemias*
Knee
Liver Function Tests
Male
Sepharose
Serum
Shoulder
Skin
Triglycerides
Xanthomatosis
Blood Glucose
Cholesterol
Sepharose
Triglycerides