Multiple facial scars due to healed blisters in facial lipoid proteinosis
Keywords: Acneiform-like scarring, Autosomal recessive condition, Eyelid beading, Eyelid margin, Face, Genetic and congenital disorder, Hyalinosis cutis et mucosae, Lipoglycoproteinosis, Lipoid proteinosis cutis et mucosae, Male, Prominent pox-like scarring, Urbach-wiethe disease
Lipoid proteinosis is a rare genodermatosis characterised by the progressive deposition of amorphous hyaline material in the skin, mucosae, and internal organs. It often presents with hoarseness in early childhood, skin and mucosal changes, and neurological and psychiatric symptoms.
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