THE INFILTRATION OF CAROTENOIDS INTO HUMAN ATHEROMAS AND XANTHOMAS
- 1 November 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 53 (5), 944-954
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-5-944
Abstract
This report presents a literature review concerning the behavior of carotenoid pigments in human metabolism and their distribution in human atheromas. It also describes a clinical study of a 77 year-old Negro man with massive subcutaneous xanthomas secondary to diabetes. Four xanthomas were removed from the left elbow, after which carotene dietary supplements were given for 5 weeks. Blood carotenoid levels increased 6-fold. Six xanthomas were next removed from the right elbow and these contained significantly more carotenoids than xanthomas previously removed from the left elbow.Keywords
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