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'''Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome''', also '''Gorlin syndrome''' and '''Gorlin-Goltz syndrome''', is a constellation of findings due to an autosomal dominant genetic mutation.
[[Image:Basal_cell_carcinoma_-_2_-_intermed_mag.jpg|thumb|right|Basal cell carcinoma, a component of NBCCS. [[H&E stain]].]]
'''Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome''', also '''Gorlin syndrome''' and '''Gorlin-Goltz syndrome''', is a constellation of findings due to an autosomal dominant genetic mutation.  The gene is ''patched'' and abbreviated ''PTCH1''.<ref name=omim601309>{{OMIM|601309}}</ref>
 
It is abbreviated '''NBCCS'''.


Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm435>{{Ref Derm|435}}</ref>
Features:<ref name=Ref_Derm435>{{Ref Derm|435}}</ref>
*[[Basal cell carcinoma]].
*[[Basal cell carcinoma]] - on average have their first tumour in their 20s.<ref name=pmid9096761>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kimonis | first1 = VE. | last2 = Goldstein | first2 = AM. | last3 = Pastakia | first3 = B. | last4 = Yang | first4 = ML. | last5 = Kase | first5 = R. | last6 = DiGiovanna | first6 = JJ. | last7 = Bale | first7 = AE. | last8 = Bale | first8 = SJ. | title = Clinical manifestations in 105 persons with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. | journal = Am J Med Genet | volume = 69 | issue = 3 | pages = 299-308 | month = Mar | year = 1997 | doi =  | PMID = 9096761 }}</ref>
*[[Keratocystic odontogenic tumour]].
*[[Odontogenic keratocyst]] ~ 80% individuals with NBCCS have had one by age 20.<ref name=pmid9096761/>
*Bony abnormalities: bifid ribs, scoliosis + others.
*Bony abnormalities: bifid ribs, scoliosis + others.
*Falx cerebri calcification.
*Falx cerebri calcification.
*Characteristic faces.
*Characteristic faces.
*[[Medulloblastoma]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1181>{{Ref PBoD8|1181}}</ref>
*[[Ovarian fibroma]].<ref name=Ref_PBoD8_1181>{{Ref PBoD8|1181}}</ref>
Images:
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case109/micro.html NBCCS (upmc.edu)].


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Syndromes]]
[[Category:Syndromes]]
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