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  • Posted: 07/29/2009
  • Updated: 05/23/2013

Table 2. Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) Syndromes

Syndrome (OMIM link) Inheritance Chromosome Gene Clinical Findings 
AD = autosomal dominant; AR = autosomal recessive; OMIM = Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man; XD = X-linked dominant.
Basal cell nevus syndrome, Gorlin syndrome AD9q22.3-q31 [59]PTCH1 [130,131]BCC (before age 20 y)
3.597–6.457 [59]PTCH2 [132]
Rombo syndrome ADMilia, atrophoderma vermiculatum, acrocyanosis, trichoepitheliomas, and BCC (age 30–40 y)
Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome XD > ADXq24-27 [120]UnknownHypotrichosis (variable),[117] hypohidrosis, milia, follicular atrophoderma (dorsal hands), and multiple BCCs (aged teens to early 20s)[117]
Brooke-Spiegler syndrome AD16q12-q13 [133,134]CYLD [135,136]Cylindroma (forehead, scalp, trunk, and pubic area),[137,138] trichoepithelioma (around nose), spiradenoma, and BCC
Multiple hereditary infundibulocystic BCC AD[139]UnknownUnknownMultiple BCC (infundibulocystic type)
Schopf-Schultz-Passarge syndrome AR > ADUnknownUnknownEctodermal dysplasia (hypotrichosis, hypodontia, and nail dystrophy [anonychia and trachyonychia]), hidrocystomas of eyelids, palmo-plantar keratosis and hyperhidrosis, and BCC[140]

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