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Muir-Torre syndrome.
- Source :
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Dermatology online journal [Dermatol Online J] 2006 Sep 08; Vol. 12 (5), pp. 4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Sep 08. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- A 65-year-old man with a history of multiple neoplastic and pre-neoplastic gastrointestinal lesions as well as urogenital carcinoma presented for evaluation of two asymptomatic skin-colored papules in the head and neck region. Biopsy revealed sebaceous neoplasms and immunohistochemical staining was negative for the presence of hMSH-2 protein in both specimens. These findings were consistent with a diagnosis of Muir-Torre syndrome in the setting of a prior history of visceral malignancies. Muir-Torre Syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis associated with mutations in mismatch repair proteins, hMSH-2 and hMLH-1, which predispose affected patients to visceral malignancies as well as sebaceous gland neoplasms.
- Subjects :
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Adenocarcinoma, Sebaceous genetics
Adenocarcinoma, Sebaceous pathology
Adenoma genetics
Adenoma pathology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell genetics
DNA Repair
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
MutL Protein Homolog 1
Mutation
Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms pathology
Syndrome
Carrier Proteins genetics
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms genetics
MutS Homolog 2 Protein genetics
Nuclear Proteins genetics
Sebaceous Gland Neoplasms genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1087-2108
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Dermatology online journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16962019