<unk>  is a rare autosomal recessively inherited lipid metabolic disorder. It is characterized by hyperabsorption and decreased biliary excretion of dietary sterols (including the plant phytosterol beta-sitosterol). Healthy persons absorb only about 5% of dietary plant sterols, but<unk>  patients absorb 15% to 60% of ingested sitosterol without excreting much into the bile. The phytosterol campesterol is more readily absorbed than sitosterol.<unk>  patients develop hypercholesterolemia, tendon and tuberous xanthomas, premature development of atherosclerosis, and abnormal hematologic and liver function test results.
Sitosterolemia
Dehydration
Hypoaldosteronism
Pseudohypoaldosteronism
Stress hyperglycemia
Acromegaly
Isotonic hyponatremia
Apparent mineralocorticoid excess syndrome