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Yellow plaques on both upper lids, before and after removal

External photographfoundational

A surgeon's series of a patient's closed lids: xanthelasma on both upper lids at the medial canthi, and the lids after treatment.

Xanthelasma palpebrarum: Symmetrical yellow plaques at the medial upper lids

Four panels from the surgeon's series; the lids are closed in each.

Diagnosis

Xanthelasma palpebrarum

  • Symmetrical yellow plaques at the medial upper lids
  • Flat, soft, sharply bordered
  • Later panels showing the lids after removal
  • No lid malposition after treatment
Show another example The lipids behind it: chest pain and troponin on the ward

Same diagnosis, different appearance