Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Flexion Contracture of the Digits in a Child with Familial Hypercholesterolaemia

Abstract

This paper presents a 9 year-old girl who had flexion contracture of digits, carpal tunnel syndrome and multiple xanthomas covering the extremities.

Debulking of Cholesterol Xanthomas of the Hand for Cosmetic Reasons

“…In the hand, patients with hypercholesterolaemia may present with carpal tunnel syndrome (xanthomas acting as space occupying lesions within the carpal tunnel) and trigger fingers (because of flexor tendon xathomas) and scattered dorsal subcutaneous masses (Yensel and Karalezli, 2006). The presence of periarticular subcutaneous masses of the digits in our patient is very unusual and we could not find any similar case in the literature.…”