Xeroderma pigmentosum: Report of a Case.
- Author:
Nam Soo HONG
;
Tschun Pyoung LIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Atrophy;
Blood Urea Nitrogen;
Electrolytes;
Humans;
Hyperpigmentation;
Ichthyosis*;
Keratosis;
Liver;
Male;
Photophobia;
Skin;
Solar System;
Telangiectasis;
Thorax;
Urinalysis;
Xeroderma Pigmentosum*;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1977;15(4):447-451
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Xeroderma pigmentosum is a genodermatosis characterized by extreme sun sensitivity, photophobia, freckly hyperpigmentation, atrophy, telangiectases, keratoses and finally malignant degeneration of the skin. It is rare and prebobly inherrited as a recessive trait, Photosensitive cutaneous symptoms developed in complication with squamous cell ca is presented. A 20-year-old male were studied. Routine laboratory examinations were within normal limits including hemogram, urinalysis, blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinina, liver function tests(including bromsulphalaein excretion) and serum electrolytes, chest X-Ray. The histopathological picture showed characteristic xeroderma pigmentosum and squamous cell ca. Clinical, histopathological and biochemical features of this disease are also discuseed.
