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Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome with clear cell renal cell carcinoma in a Chinese family.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2014
Lin Zhichun, Gong Kenan, Pang Bo, Zeng Changqing, Zhang Dake
Abstract excerpt
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis that presents as a clinical triad including follicular hamartomas, renal neoplasms and lung cysts associated with an increased risk of pneumothorax. FLCN gene defects have been identified as being responsible for BHDS. We herein report the case of a 67-year-old woman with the full-blown BHDS phenotype, characterized by skin lesions,...
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