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Syringocystadenoma Papilliferum
1 Apr 2001
Abstract excerpt
Syringocystadenoma papilliferum (SP) is a benign tumor most commonly located on the scalp or face, which frequently arises from a nevus sebaceus (NS). Transition of SP to basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and, albeit rarely, to metastatic adenocarcinoma may occur. Allelic deletions of the human homologue of the drosophila patched gene (PTCH) occur in both NS and BCC. To search for genetic changes in SP, a...
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