Urbach–Wiethe disease
RARE RECESSIVE GENETIC DISORDER
Lipoid proteinosis; Lipoid proteinosis of Urbach and Wiethe; Urbach-Wiethe Disease; Hyalinosis cutis et mucosae; Urbach-Wiethe; Urbach-Wiethe disease; Urbach Wiethe disease; Bilateral intracranial sickle-shaped calcification of the temporal lobes; Bilateral intracranial sickle-shaped calcifications of the temporal lobes; Urbach-wiethe syndrome; Urbach-Wieth disease
Urbach–Wiethe disease is a very rare recessive genetic disorder, with approximately 400 reported cases since its discovery. It was first officially reported in 1929 by Erich Urbach and Camillo Wiethe, although cases may be recognized dating back as early as 1908.