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Multiple trichoepitheliomas associated with a novel heterozygous mutation in the CYLD gene as an adjunct to the histopathological diagnosis.
The American Journal of dermatopathology - 1 Jun 2013
Reuven Bergman, Margarita Indelman, Dov Hershkovitz, Ziad Khamaysi
Abstract excerpt
Multiple trichoepitheliomas (TEs), especially in the familial setting, have been associated with germline heterozygous mutations in the CYLD gene. Heterozygous germline CYLD mutations and loss of heterozygosity of the CYLD gene in the TE tumor cells have been recently demonstrated in some of the multiple TE cases irrespective of a family history. The histopathological differential diagnosis of TE from basal cell...
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