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Olmsted syndrome with squamous cell carcinoma of extremities and adenocarcinoma of the lung: failure to detect loricrin gene mutation.
European journal of dermatology : EJD - 1 Jan 2000
Ogawa Fumihide, Udono Masako, Murota Hiroyuki, Shimizu Kazuhiro, Takahashi Hidetoshi, Ishida-Yamamoto Akemi, Iizuka Hajime, Katayama Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Olmsted syndrome is an uncommon disorder of keratinization that presents mutilating palmoplantar keratoderma, periorificial hyperkeratosis, leukokeratosis and alopecia. We report a new case of this rare syndrome diagnosed in 48-year-old woman who developed several squamous cell carcinomas of limbs and adenocarcinoma of the lung. She has been followed up for about 40 years and osteolytic changes of the fingers and...
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