Xanthomas

I was reading through a msn article today on cholesterol. You can find here: http://health.msn.com/health-topics/cholesterol/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100252282&page=1&gt1=31007 and I didn't know what xanthomas are, so I have decided to check the term out.

Xanthomas are fat deposits found under the skin and it looks pretty much like this:

More information and pictures can be found in medline plus link:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001447.htm