Diagnosis: Lipoid Proteinosis (leonine facies)
Yellowish, waxy, thickened and furrowed skin due to dermal infiltration.
Yellowish, waxy, thickened and furrowed skin due to dermal infiltration.
Submitted by Alaa Saad. Originally posted October 12, 2010.
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• Amyloidosis • Porphyria • Epidermolysis bullosa • Xanthoma • Colloid milium • Myxedema
• Also known as Urbach-Wiethe disease or hyalinosis cutis et mucosae • Rare autosomal recessive — ECM1 gene mutation • Classic: hoarse voice from birth (laryngeal infiltration), beaded eyelid papules (moniliform blepharosis) • Skin: waxy, yellowish papules and plaques; scarring from skin fragility • Bilateral temporal lobe calcification (amygdala) — pathognomonic on CT • Histology: PAS-positive, diastase-resistant hyaline material around blood vessels and in dermis
Tags: lipoid, proteinosis, leonine, facies, alaa saad