A Case of Lamellar Ichthyosis with Rickets and Carcinoma of the Hypopharynx |
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Authors: | Aditya Kuamr Bubna Mahalakshmi Veeraraghavan Sankarasubramaniam Anandan Sudha Rangarajan |
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Affiliation: | From the Department of Dermatology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
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Abstract: | Lamellar ichthyosis (LI) is an autosomal recessive disorder rarely associated with systemic organ involvement and development of carcinoma. Rickets has occasionally been described with LI owing to impaired vitamin D synthesis following altered keratinization. There has also been a high association of cutaneous cancers in patients of LI. We as Dermatologists should therefore be very meticulous while doing a full work up of these patients. We report here a case of LI associated with rickets and carcinoma of the hypopharynx. |
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Keywords: | Lamellar ichthyosis rickets carcinoma of hypopharynx |
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