Familial abdominal chemodectomas with associated cutaneous angiolipomas.
The occurrence of cutaneous angiolipomas and intra-abdominal retroperitoneal chemodectomas in two brothers is described. Both died from malignant dissemination of the chemodectomas. It is possible but speculative that two other brothers suffered from the same syndrome.
D000328:Adult; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000235:genetics*; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000235:genetics*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome