Laugier-Hunziker syndrome with xanthelasma palpebrarum in an adolescent girl: a rare association

Aishwarya Maganti; K. Desingh

doi:10.18203/issn.2455-4529.IntJResDermatol20252073

Authors

Aishwarya Maganti Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Tagore Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
K. Desingh Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4529.IntJResDermatol20252073

Keywords:

Muco-cutaneous pigmentation, Xanthelasma palpebrarum, Acral pigmentation, Laugier–Hunziker syndrome, Mucosal hyperpigmentation, Oral pigmentation, Nail pigmentation, Melanonychia

Abstract

Laugier-Hunziker syndrome (LHS) is a rare and benign acquired disorder of mucocutaneous pigmentation characterized by hyperpigmented macules over the lips, buccal mucosa and acral sites with associated nail pigmentation. It usually occurs in middle-aged adults with a female preponderance. The pigmentary lesions respond poorly to therapy and has high chance of recurrence. The syndrome has neither malignant predisposition nor any underlying systemic abnormality. LHS is a diagnosis of exclusion. Clinical correlation is needed to rule out other causes of mucocutaneous hyperpigmentation. It is an important differential diagnosis to Peutz Jeghers syndrome. Herein we report a case of a 16-year-old female presenting with a 10-year history of asymptomatic pigmentation of oral and acral regions with nail pigmentation and was diagnosed with LHS after ruling out other possible differential diagnoses. The patient also had lesions corresponding to xanthalesma palpebrarum in the medial aspect of both the upper eyelids. Both LHS and xanthalesma palpebrarum are very unusual conditions to present in this age.

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