Objective:To investigate the clinical characteristics of children sitosterolemia and its treatment,and to conduct the litera-ture review. Methods:In November 2018, a Chinese boy who presented as cutaneous xanthomatos for 9 months was admitted. Retro-spective analysis was conducted to collect his clinical case data and the clinical characteristics and treatment were summarized. Key words of “sitosterolemia”“xanthoma”,“phytosterol”,“hypercholesterolemia” and “ABCG5 gene” both in Chinese and English were retrieved and sitosterolemia literatures reviews were collected from China national knowledge infrastructure database and PubMed literatures database;the clinical characteristics of sitosterolemia from these literatures were summarized. Results:This patient presented with xanthoma and hyperlipidemia and diagnosed with sitosterolemia caused by ABCG5 gene mutation. After a 3-month dietary of strict phytosterol and animal sterol restrictions,the serum level of LC and LDH-C were significantly reduced,almost to the normal range. Skin xanthoma had no changes and some lipomas were going to be enlarged. Conclusion:The clinical features of sitos-terolemia are heterogeneous and xanthomas may be one specific feature. Therefore,pediatricians should enhance knowledge of this disease,avoiding missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis.