title: Case report: computed tomography findings in lipoid proteinosis: report of two cases.
abstract: Lipoid proteinosis (Urbach-Wiethe disease (Urbach, E and Wiethe, C, Lipoidosis cutis mucosae, Virchows Arch. Patholog. Anat., 273, 285-319 (1929)) is a rare generalized disease with autosomal recessive inheritance. It most often involves the skin and mucosal membranes of the aerodigestive tract; but also involves the central nervous system, lung, lymph nodes and striated muscles. We present the computed tomography findings in the cranium and larynx of two siblings with lipoid proteinosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Ankara University, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, Samanpazari, Turkey.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ozbek
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akyar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008065:Lipoid Proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed