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Lubarsch-Pick syndrome (Ludwig Pick)
Also known as:
Königstein-Lubarsch syndrome
Königstein-Lubarsch systematized, primitive amyloidosis
Lubarsch-Königstein amyloidosis
Lubarsch-Königstein disease
Associated persons:
Hans Königstein
Otto Lubarsch
Ludwig Pick
Description:
A rare syndrome characterized by the association of macroglossia with systematized amyloidosis of the skin and skeletal muscles. A common early symptom of this infiltrative disorder is enlargement of the tongue and the regional submandibular lymph nodes.
Bibliography:
- H. Königstein:
Über Amyloidose der Haut.
Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis, Berlin, 1925, 148: 330-383.
- O. Lubarsch:
Zur Kenntnis ungewöhnlicher Amyloidablagerungen.
Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie, und für klinische Medizin, 1929, 271: 867-889.
- L. Pick:
Über atypische Amyloidablagerungen.
Klinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, 1931: 1515.
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