title: A case of lamellar ichthyosis with rickets and carcinoma of the hypopharynx.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Aditya Kuamr
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Bubna
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Mahalakshmi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Veeraraghavan
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sankarasubramaniam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anandan
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sudha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rangarajan
keywords: Lamellar ichthyosis; carcinoma of hypopharynx; rickets