[Xeroderma pigmentosum: report of 6 cases in Dakar].
We report 6 cases of black Senegalese boys with xeroderma pigmentosum. They were between 2 and 16 year-old and presented features of hypersensitivity to UV (keratosis, lentigines, poikilodermia and photophobia). Our cases were remarkable by the early occurrence of squamous cell and basal cell carcinoma located in photoexposed sites causing the death of 5 of them. Xeroderma pigmentosum must be considered as the first preneoplastic genodermatosis.
Service de dermatologie, BP 3001, Hôpital A.-Le Dantec, Dakar, Sénégal.
M T
MT
Dieng
S O
SO
Niang
J M
JM
Dangou
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B
Ndiaye
D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000473:pathology*