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We report two neonatal cases of lethal ichthyosis from the same family, with distal digital constrictions and a progressive course leading to multi-organ failure and death. Postmortem trio whole-exome sequencing revealed the compound heterozygous variants NM_014908.3: c.1342G&amp;gt;A, p.(Gly448Arg) and NM_014908.3: c.1558A&amp;gt;G, p.(Thr520Ala) in the <jats:italic>DOLK<\/jats:italic> gene in the first affected child, which were confirmed in the affected sibling. Reduced staining with anti-\u03b1-Dystroglycan antibody was observed in frozen heart tissue of the second child as an expression of reduced O-mannosylation due to the dolichol kinase deficiency. In addition to the detailed dermatopathological changes, both cases presented hepatic and extrahepatic hemosiderosis on histological examination. Our patients represent an early and fatal form of DOLK-CDG with a striking presentation at birth resembling severe collodion baby. 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