Multiple hereditary trichoepithelioma and cylindroma (Brooke-Spiegler syndrome)

Dermatologica. 1991;183(2):150-3. doi: 10.1159/000247658.

Abstract

Three cases of trichoepithelioma associated with cylindroma (Brooke-Spiegler syndrome) in the same family are reported. Three generations were affected. The syndrome usually beginning at puberty is inherited as an irregular autosomal dominant trait.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / complications
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / pathology*
  • Facial Neoplasms / complications
  • Facial Neoplasms / genetics
  • Facial Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Female
  • Genes, Dominant
  • Humans
  • Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / complications
  • Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / genetics
  • Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / pathology*
  • Pedigree
  • Terminology as Topic