Late onset of first skin cancer in a 56-old patient with xeroderma pigmentosum

Atypical Fibroxanthoma In a Patient with Xeroderma Pigmentosum

 SUMMARY X. Pis a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis characteriseJ by photophohia, severe solar sensitivity, cutaneous pigmentary changes, xerosis and early Jevdopment of mucocutaneous and ocular cancer particularly in sun exposeJ skin. Tumors whichinclude solar keratosis, cutaneous horn, keratoachanthoma, squamous and basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma and angioma may developeJ in...

Electrochemotherapy for Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in a Child with Xeroderma Pigmentosum.

[Anesthesia in patient with Xeroderma Pigmentosum: case report.].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Xeroderma Pigmentosum is a rare, autosomal recessive disease characterized by the premature development of neoplasias due to an exacerbated hypersensitivity to UV radiation. These manifestations are due to DNA excision and repair mechanism damage. As compared to normal individuals, these patients have a 1000-fold increased risk for developing neoplasias on sun-exposed ...

Xeroderma pigmentosum.

Xeroderma pigmentosum.

OBJECTIVE To describe the features of Xeroderma pigmentosum observed in the stage 3 of the disease. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Mayo Hospital Lahore, from December 2001 to September 2008. METHODOLOGY All patients diagnosed with Xeroderma pigmentosum stage 3 in the outpatient department of the study centre, were included. The age at first presentation, tumour site...