[Premature aging syndromes with special reference to lipodystrophy (a case report)].

The authors survey the modern classification of progeria and report on a 12-year old girl suffering from lipodystrophia totalis and diabetes mellitus (Lawrence-Seip-syndrome). The girl developed sclerodermiform changes at the age of one year, at her 10th year acanthosis nigricans, xanthoma tuberosum Fredrickson hyperlipoproteinaemie IV, later II/B type and finally at an age of 11 1/2 year diabetes mellitus.