Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis

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Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis
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Synonyms Haberland syndrome,<ref>,
 Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (haberland's syndrome): a case report of a neurocutaneous syndrome and a review of the literature, 
 Clinics, 
 
 Vol. 63(Issue: 3),
 pp. 406–408,
 DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000300020,
 PMID: 18568254,
 PMC: 2664244,</ref>
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Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (ECCL), is a rare condition primarily affecting the brain, eyes, and skin of the head and face.<ref>

ECCL(link). Genetics Home Reference.




</ref> It is characterized by unilateral subcutaneous and intracranial lipomas, alopecia, unilateral porencephalic cysts, epibulbar choristoma and other ophthalmic abnormalities.

It was named after Haberland and Perou who first described it.<ref>,

 Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis. A new example of ectomesodermal dysgenesis., 
 Archives of Neurology, 
 
 Vol. 22(Issue: 2),
 pp. 144–55,
 DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1970.00480200050005,
 PMID: 4902772,</ref>

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This condition was first described in 1970.

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