Lipoid proteinosis in a Chinese patient.

Lipoid proteinosis is a rare autosomal recessive deposition disorder due to loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding extracellular matrix protein 1 on chromosome 1q21. There are limited case reports of lipoid proteinosis in the Chinese population. The authors report 1 case of lipoid proteinosis in a Chinese patient with typical clinical and histopathological manifestations.