A CASE OF LIPOID PROTEINOSIS – URBACH WIETHE DISEASE

DR. RAMA LAKSHMI THULLIMALLI; DR. KANIKALLA NAGARJUNA; DR. K. HEMA

Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2020

A CASE OF LIPOID PROTEINOSIS – URBACH WIETHE DISEASE

Dr. Rama Lakshmi Thullimalli, Dr. Kanikalla Nagarjuna, Dr. K. Hema

Abstract :

A 52–year–old normotensive and non–diabetic female presented with complaint of change in voice, beading papules, vesicles and bullae on bilateral eyelids, whitish discolouration of skin and mucus memane of upper lip and difficulty in chewing and decreased tongue movements for 2 months. Skin biopsy revealed LIPOID PROTEINOSIS. Life span is normal unless altered by laryngeal obstruction. Few may require permanent tracheostomy.