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'''Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome''', also '''Hornstein-Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome''',<ref name=pmid22581760>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Happle | first1 = R. | title = Hornstein-Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: a renaming and reconsideration. | journal = Am J Med Genet A | volume = 158A | issue = 6 | pages = 1247-51 | month = Jun | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1002/ajmg.a.35330 | PMID = 22581760 }}</ref> is constellation of findings due to a FLCN (folliculin) gene mutation.<ref name=omim135150>{{OMIM|135150}}</ref> It is abbreviated '''BHD syndrome'''.
'''Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome''', also '''Hornstein-Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome''',<ref name=pmid22581760>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Happle | first1 = R. | title = Hornstein-Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome: a renaming and reconsideration. | journal = Am J Med Genet A | volume = 158A | issue = 6 | pages = 1247-51 | month = Jun | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1002/ajmg.a.35330 | PMID = 22581760 }}</ref> is constellation of findings due to a FLCN (folliculin) gene mutation.<ref name=omim135150>{{OMIM|135150}}</ref> It is abbreviated '''BHD syndrome'''.


It is characterized by:
==Features==
* Skin lesions (fibrofolliculoma, trichodiscoma, [[acrochordon]]).
BHD syndrome is characterized by:<ref name=Ref_WMSP290>{{Ref WMSP|290}}</ref>
* Renal tumours, [[chromophobe renal cell carcinoma]] most commonly.
* Skin lesions:
** Other tumours seen, e.g. [[renal oncocytoma|oncocytoma]].
**Fibrofolliculoma.
**Trichodiscoma.
**[[Acrochordon]].
* Renal tumours:
**[[Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma]] - most common.
**[[Renal oncocytoma]].
* Variable penetrance (autosomal dominant).
* Variable penetrance (autosomal dominant).


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