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Case Reports
. 2016 Apr-Jun;9(2):149-51.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1353. Epub 2016 Jun 15.

Lipoid Proteinosis

Hitesh C Mittal  1 , Sunil Yadav  2 , Sunita Malik  3 , Gurdarshan Singh  4
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Case Reports

Lipoid Proteinosis

Hitesh C Mittal et al. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2016 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

A case report of a 6-year-old male child who reported with recurrent oral and skin ulcerations since childhood and was diagnosed as lipoid proteinosis manifesting with generalized thickening, hardening, and scarring of the skin and hoarseness of voice; is presented here. How to cite this article: Mittal HC, Yadav S, Malik S, Singh G. Lipoid Proteinosis. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2016;9(2):149-151.

Keywords: Lipoid proteinosis; Recurrent vesicular oral ulcers; Urbach-Wiethe disease..

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Hyper/hypo/depigmented scars on left arm
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Hyper/hypo/depigmented scars on left hand
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Moniliform blepharosis on eyelids
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Small isolated vesicular ulcerations and thickening of labial mucosa
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Thickened frenulum with inability to protrude out the stiff tongue completely
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Histopathological examination slide
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