Lipemia Retinalis

Cutaneous and Tendon Xanthomas

“…Cases may present xanthelasm a, eruptive and papular xanthom as. Other complications refer to lipemia retinalis [28] and cardiovascular involvement [30], Necrobiosis lipoi dica is frequently associated with diabetes mellitus. The serum is al ways hyperlipemic, and more recently it has been shown th at the free fatty acids are also increased [11].…”

Idiopathic Lipaemia Retinalis

“…This is probably partly because the ocular fundi are not always examined in comatose diabetic patients, when other measures are urgently called for, and by the time this is done the ketoacidosis will have been reversed and the retinal lipaemia will have disappeared. Laws and Harpur (1958)t collected 69 cases of diabetic lipaemia retinalis from the literature. They reported the youngest patient to date with the condition, *Received for publication March 31, 1964. tThe references to these 69 diabetic cases are available in Laws and Harpur's paper.…”