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Gorlin syndrome
(redirected from Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome)

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Gorlin syndrome [ˈgɔːlɪn]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) (Medicine) a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies and some mental retardation can also occur
[named after R. J. Gorlin (born 1923), US oral pathologist]


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Basal cell carcinomas are increased in the nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome as well as Gorlin''s syndrome.
We report the first patient with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome and a fetal rhabdomyoma of the tongue.
Abstract We describe the imaging findings in a 13-year-old boy with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS).
 
 
 
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