Saturday, March 26, 2011

Multiple familial and pigmented basal cell carcinomas in early childhood – Bazex–Dupré–Christol syndrome

Abstract

Background  Bazex–Dupré–Christol syndrome (BDCS) is an X-linked dominantly inherited disorder affecting hair follicle structures. Currently, hypotrichosis, follicular atrophoderma and basal cell carcinomas are considered frequent symptoms of the disorder whereas milia are supposed to reflect infrequent clinical signs. Usually, basal cell carcinomas in this disease manifest from the second decade of life onwards.


Case report  Here, we studied a novel multigeneration family of German origin with BDCS. Interestingly, two family members developed pigmented basal cell carcinomas in early childhood, at the age of 3 and 5 years, respectively. The differentiation from other ...

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