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Large, lobulated, orange tonsils
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Tangier disease
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  • A case presenting with syringomyelia-like features. Reviews differences between true syringomyelia and Tangier neuropathy. [101]
  • Here's the opposite of Tangier disease: A 59 year old woman with a total cholesterol of 351 mg/dL, but her HDL level is 220 mg/dL! Her maternal grandfather and great-grandfather lived to 96 and 102, respectively. [102]
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    (1) The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease. 5th ed.
  Stanbury JB, et al. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983: 607-614.
    (2) McKusick 205400 = Tangier disease.
    (3) Neuropathy in Tangier disease: A clinicopathologic study and a review of the literature.
  Pietrini V, Rizzuto N, et al.   Acta Neurol Scand 1985 Nov;72(5):495-505.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
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    101.Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 16-1996. A 36-year-old woman with bilateral facial and hand weakness and impaired truncal sensation [clinical conference].
  N Engl J Med 1996 May 23;334(21):1389-94.  Pubmed  Similars
    102.Can genes prevent atherosclerosis?.
  Hoeg JM.   JAMA 1996 Sep 25;276(12):989-92.  Pubmed  Similars
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