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Cowden's Disease: Report of the First Case in a Chinese
Author(s) -
Yang JenHung,
Cheng HueyMann,
Wang LongRule,
Chu KanC
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1994.tb01765.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , mucocutaneous zone , cowden syndrome , disease , pathology , pten , apoptosis , biochemistry , chemistry , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway
A 19‐year‐old Chinese female presenting mucocutaneous manifestations including facial trichilemmomas, oral papillomatosis, and acral keratosis was diagnosed, according to the criteria proposed by Salem and Steck, as a definite case of Cowden's disease, although no members of her family were affected. The cutaneous reticulohistiocytic granuloma and congenital nystagmus of eyes that occurred in this case were new combinations in the syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of Cowden's disease in a Chinese.