THE INVOLUTION OF CUTANEOUS XANTHOMATA CAUSED BY DIETS LOW IN CALORIES

Abstract

Diets low in calories cause involution of xanthomatous lesions, whereas overnutrition causes their reappearance. In patients with lipemia, there seems to be a relation between the decrease in blood fat and involution of xanthomatous tumors. Neither is the lipemia, nor are the tumors, affected by fat of the diet except in so far as the fat i s a source of calories. The relation between ingested calories and the blood fat level is not known.