“…As mentioned in the introduction, it is well known that many liver and bile duct disturbances can engender secondary xanthomatosis. This phenomenon has been reported in liver glycogenosis (19), toxic hepatitis (6), congenital dysplasia of the interlobar bile ducts (2, 5, 8, l l ) , protracted bile stasis caused by extrahepatic occlusion of varied etiology (3), and in primary biliary cirrhosis (11, 15, 16). These conditions have the following common traits: a more or less chronic bile stasis serum lipids which are demonstrably elevated, and liver function tests which remain normal for a long time.…”