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  2. Xanthelasma - Wikipedia

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    Xanthelasma is a sharply demarcated yellowish deposit of cholesterol underneath the skin. [1] It usually occurs on or around the eyelids ( xanthelasma palpebrarum , abbreviated XP). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] While they are neither harmful to the skin nor painful , these minor growths may be disfiguring and can be removed. [ 1 ]

  3. Syringoma - Wikipedia

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    Syringomas can often be diagnosed clinically based on presentation, distribution patterns over the body, lack of associated symptoms, and family history. A definitive diagnosis requires a skin biopsy to allow the tissue to be examined under a microscope. Histologically, syringomas have a characteristic comma-shaped ("tadpole") tail of dilated ...

  4. Familial hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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    High cholesterol levels normally do not cause any symptoms. Yellow deposits of cholesterol-rich fat may be seen in various places on the body such as around the eyelids (known as xanthelasma palpebrarum), the outer margin of the iris (known as arcus senilis corneae), and in the tendons of the hands, elbows, knees and feet, particularly the Achilles tendon (known as a tendon xanthoma).

  5. Stye - Wikipedia

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    Stye of the upper eyelid 8-year-old boy with an external hordeolum of lower lid. The first sign of a stye is a small, yellowish spot at the center of the bump that develops as pus and expands in the area. [7] Other stye symptoms may include: A lump on the top or bottom eyelid; Localized swelling of the eyelid; Localized pain; Redness; Tenderness

  6. Hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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    Xanthelasma palpebrarum, yellowish patches consisting of cholesterol deposits above the eyelids. These are more common in people with familial hypercholesterolemia . Although hypercholesterolemia itself is asymptomatic , longstanding elevation of serum cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis (build-up of fatty plaques in the arteries, so-called ...

  7. As removal of dams frees Klamath River, California tribes see ...

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    The removal of the four dams, which were built without tribes’ consent between 1912 and the 1960s, has cleared the way for California to return more than 2,800 acres of ancestral land to the ...

  8. Elizabeth Hurley Leaves Little to the Imagination in ... - AOL

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    The English actress left little to the imagination as she sat with the back of the chair strategically blocking a full-on view of her body, with her bare legs straddling the chair as she draped ...

  9. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Thyroidectomy is the removal of all or part of the thyroid gland. Tonsillectomy is the removal of the tonsils. Trabeculectomy is the removal of part of the eye's trabecular meshwork as a treatment for glaucoma. Tumorectomy is the surgical removal of a tumor. Turbinectomy is the removal of the turbinate bones in the nasal passage.