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Atypical dermal melanocytosis: a diagnostic clue in constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome
Author(s) -
Polubothu S.,
Scott R.H.,
Vabres P.,
Kinsler V.A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/bjd.15532
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , pediatrics
International audienceA twenty-three month old female presented with abnormal pigmentation since birth. She had a past history of mediastinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed at the age of 9 months and treated with surgery and chemotherapy. Family history revealed that her grandfathers were brothers, and both died of colon cancer in their fifth decade. Parents were both fit and well in their early thirties