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A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach

Author(s) -

Nandini Chakrabarti,

Nilendu Sarma,

Chandan Chattopadhyay,

AtanuRoy Chowdhuri,

Chanchal Das,

SalilK Pal

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.87167

Subject(s) - dyskeratosis congenita , medicine , wasting , hyperpigmentation , amenorrhea , dermatology , primary amenorrhea , stomach , pathology , pregnancy , dna , genetics , telomere , biology

Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare disease characterized by hyperpigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucous membrane abnormality. Commonly occurring in males, the patients die young usually due to bone marrow suppression. Malignancies of various descriptions have been reported in this disease, the commonest being solid tumors of head/neck (squamous cell carcinoma). We report the case of a female patient with DC, who presented to us with severe wasting and primary amenorrhea and died of carcinoma stomach in our hospital 3 weeks later.

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