title: A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Medicine, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, India.
authors: Nandini
authors: N
authors: Chakrabarti
authors: Nilendu
authors: N
authors: Sarma
authors: Chandan
authors: C
authors: Chattopadhyay
authors: Atanu Roy
authors: AR
authors: Chowdhuri
authors: Chanchal
authors: C
authors: Das
authors: Salil K
authors: SK
authors: Pal