[Cutaneous hyalinosis: 3 cases].
BACKGROUND
The authors report three cases of "Hyalinosis cutis et mucosae"; the first and the second case concern two siblings children (brother and sister) while the third is reported on a 42-year-old woman.


METHODS
The case history and the personal anamnesis, the morphology of the skin lesions, the symptoms indicating laryngeal mucous affection as well as the histopathological picture, are compatible with the "Urbach-Wiethe disease". Furthermore, in the third case, the electron microscopic findings confirm the diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
The particularities of the present cases are discussed in connection with the corresponding bibliographical data.
Stavrianeas
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N
Clinique Universitaire des Maladies Cutanées et Vénériennes Hôpital, A. Sygros, Athènes, Grèce.
Karpouzis
A
A
Vamvassakis
E
E
Patrou
A
A
Koumantaki-Mathioudaki
E
E
Papadopoulos
O
O
D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006818:Hyalin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D015595:Skin Aging; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology