Xanthelasma and Leprosy

Clinical Laboratory Aspects of Leprosy: PHR Review

“…Hopkins and others (17) reported that cholesterol was high in 14 and normal in 27 leprosy patients and that cholesterol esters were increased in the majority. Gomes and his colleagues (18) observed that reduction of serum cholesterol levels was proportional to the gravity of the disease, especially in febrile reactions.…”