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Phenotype diversity in familial cylindromatosis: a frameshift mutation in the tumor suppressor gene CYLD underlies different tumors of skin appendages.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Aug 2002
Poblete Gutiérrez Pamela, Eggermann Thomas, Höller Daniela, Jugert Frank K, Beermann Torsten, Grussendorf-Conen Elke-Ingrid, Zerres Klaus, Merk Hans F, Frank Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Familial cylindromatosis (turban tumor syndrome; Brooke-Spiegler syndrome) (OMIM numbers 123850, 132700, 313100, and 605041) is a rare autosomal dominantly inherited tumor syndrome. The disorder can present with cutaneous adnexal tumors such as cylindromas, trichoepitheliomas, and spiradenomas, and tumors preferably develop in hairy areas of the body such as head and neck. In affected families, mutations have...
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