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.

Keywords

• Lamellar ichthyosis
• rickets
• carcinoma of hypopharynx