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Skeletal and cranio-facial signs in Gorlin syndrome from ancient Egypt to the modern age: sphenoid asymmetry in a patient with a novel PTCH1 mutation.
Future oncology (London, England) - 1 May 2014
Ponti Giovanni, Ruini Cristel, Pastorino Lorenza, Loschi Pietro, Pecchi Annarita, Malagoli Marcella, Mandel Victor Desmond, Boano Rosa, Conti Andrea, Pellacani Giovanni, Tomasi Aldo
Abstract excerpt
Gorlin syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder linked to PTCH1 mutation, identified by a collection of clinical and radiologic signs. We describe the case of a family in which father and son fulfilled clear cut diagnostic criteria for Gorlin syndrome including multiple basal cell carcinomas, keratocystic odontogenic tumors, atypical skeletal anomalies and a novel PTCH1 germline mutation (c.1041delAA)....
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