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Complications of the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome: a case report.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Walter A W, Pivnick E K, Bale A E, Kun L E
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: We report that patients with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (Gorlin syndrome) are at risk for developing neoplasms, especially basal cell carcinomas and rarely medulloblastoma. METHODS: A case report is presented of a 5-year-old child with medulloblastoma and multiple basal cell carcinomas who was diagnosed with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. Genetic analyses were performed on tumor DNA from...
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