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REPORT OF A CASE

UDO J. WILE, M.D.; JAMES S. SNOW, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1941;43(1):134-144.

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Siebenmann¹ in 1908 described a rare clinical syndrome characterized by peculiar yellowish white plaques in the oral mucous membrane and associated with hypertrophic lesions of the skin. His histologic studies indicated that these plaques consisted chiefly of infiltrated hyaline material. Wiethe² in 1924 described a similar congenital condition, which he also considered to be due to a diffuse hyaline change. Urbach³ was the first to report that the infiltrate in this unusual condition contained lipoid and that this lipoid material was of the phosphatide (lecithin) type. He suggested that the condition was essentially a metabolic disturbance, possibly due to diabetes, and gave it the name "lipoidosis cutis et mucosae." Urbach and Wiethe⁴ collaborated in 1929 and reported 9 cases of this syndrome occurring in four families.

In 1932 Urbach⁵ described clinical, histologic and biochemical observations on a total of 14 cases. He pointed out that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ANN ARBOR, MICH.; BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Footnotes
Funds for the study of this case were made available by a grant from the Horace Rackham School of Graduate Studies.

Studies and contributions from the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology of the University of Michigan Medical School, service of Dr. Udo J. Wile.

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