[Tuberous xanthoma associated to plan xanthoma during a dyslipidemea - about 14 cases]

Xanthoma are benign cutaneous tumors. They can be isolated or associated to hyperlipidaemia. We report the observation of a 15-year-old patient, born from un inbred marriage, which presents a tuberous xanthoma of the right elbow associated to plan xanthoma which revealed a type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia. We shall call back the various aspects of xanthoma, as well as the clinical and biological particularities of the type IIa hypertipoproteinemia