Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma (Gorlin) Syndrome

Robert J Gorlin, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Published online: January 2006

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0006082

Abstract

The nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome is characterized by numerous basal cell cancers and epidermal cysts of the skin, odontogenic keratocysts of the jaws, palmar and plantar pits, calcified dural folds, various neoplasms or hamartomas (ovarian fibromas, medulloblastoma, lymphomesenteric cysts, fetal rhabdomyomas, etc.) and various stigmata of maldevelopment (rib and vertebral abnormalities, cleft lip and/or palate, cortical defects of bones, etc.).

Keywords: nevoid basal cell carcinoma; medulloblastoma; cardiac fibroma; epidermal cysts; odontogenic keratocysts; ovarian fibromas; patched homolog (Drosophila)

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Ruizy Altaba A, Sanchez P and Dahmane N (2002) Gli hedgehog in cancer: tumours, embryos and stem cell. Nature Review Cancer 2: 361–372.

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Web Links

Patched homolog (Drosophila) (PTCH); Locus ID: 5727. LocusLink: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/LocusLink/LocRpt.cgi?l=5727

Patched homolog (Drosophila) (PTCH); MIM number: 601309. OMIM: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin‐post/Omim/dispmim?601309

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Cancer Genetics | Cell Biology of Cancer | Genes, Molecules and Cellular Processes | Developmental Disorders | Specific Genetic Disorders | Quantitative Genetics | Cell Biology of Organogenesis | Growth and Synthesis
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Gorlin, Robert J(Jan 2006) Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma (Gorlin) Syndrome. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0006082]