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Eruptive xanthomas during pregnancy
P W Jaber1, B B Wilson, D W Johns
1Department of Dermatology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of eruptive xanthomas during two successive pregnancies is reported. These xanthomas developed in association with marked hypertriglyceridemia; complications included severe pancreatitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome. This patient most likely had combined familial hyperlipidemia which usually causes only a modest elevation in plasma lipid levels. However, with the added stimulus of estrogens during pregnancy, hypertriglyceridemia and secondary complications developed.