Two Japanese Cases of Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome with Pulmonary Cysts, Fibrofolliculomas, and Renal Cell Carcinomas

Two Japanese Cases of Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome with Pulmonary Cysts, Fibrofolliculomas, and Renal Cell Carcinomas

Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHD) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited disease caused by a germline mutation in the folliculin gene mapped in the region of chromosome 17p11.2. BHD predisposes the patient to cutaneous fibrofolliculomas (FFs), pulmonary cysts (PCs), and renal cell carcinoma (RC). Here,...

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Main Authors: Yukako Murakami, Mari Wataya-Kaneda, Mari Tanaka, Aya Takahashi, Akira Tsujimura, Koji Inoue, Norio Nonomura, Ichiro Katayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-02-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatology
Subjects:
Fibrofolliculoma
Pulmonary cyst
Renal cell carcinoma
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/358216

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