title: X-linked recessive polyfibromatosis manifesting with spontaneous keloid scars and Dupuytren's contracture.
abstract: We present a patient with keloid scars and Dupuytren's contracture comprising the polyfibromatosis syndrome; four members over three generations of his family are also affected. To our knowledge this is the first familial case reported of polyfibromatosis with this specific phenotypic presentation and probable X-linked recessive inheritance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. lenaly21@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Winship
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000235:genetics*; D040181:Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree