Family Dyslipidemia Revealed by a Cornean Bow in a Guinean

• 作者: Bah Mamadou Bassirou Balde Alpha Ibrahima Balde El Hadj Yaya Balde Mamadou Aliou Balde Mamadou Dadh Barry Ibrahima Sory Beavogui Mariame Camara Abdoulaye Kone Alpha Mamy Adrien Ngaide Alhassane Aliou Sylla Ibrahima Sory
• 来源期刊: 心血管病(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: Corneal Arch Familial Dyslipidemia GUINEA
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（7）
• 页码范围: 455-459
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

Object: The aim of this study was to describe a familial dyslipidemia revealed by a corneal arch.<span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Familial hypercholesterolemia is a rare and severe hereditary dyslipidemia with an exceptional homozygous form. He was a 43</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">year</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">old patient admitted with visual disturbance, xanthomatous papule and orange coloring at the level evolving for 5 years</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">no personal history of cardiovascular disease, having a family history of lipid disorders in siblings</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> as a cardiovascular risk factor: age over 50 and the male gender</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> normal cardio pulmonary examination, blood pressure at 120/80</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">mmhg, heart rate 78</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bpm</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> in whom the ophthalmological examination shows a yellowish spot on the cornea (</span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><a href="#f1">Figure 1</a></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">). We report the case of familial dyslipidemia revealed by a corneal spot in Guinea.</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">More recent studies increasingly suggest that it is much more widespread than previously thought: 1/200 to 1/400. Familial dyslipidemia is a rare and severe metabolic abnormality. It should be screened as early as possible like any other cardiovascular risk factor for atheroma to avoid the occurrence of a major cardiovascular event