[Keratoacanthomas and xeroderma pigmentosum (author's transl)]. 1977

D Tennstedt, and J M Lachapelle

A girl with xeroderma pigmentosum has developed seven successive keratoacanthomas on the face, since the age of 5, during a period of two and a half years. The clinical diagnosis of keratoacanthoma was obvious for most lesions. Three keratoacanthomas have been removed and the diagnosis has been confirmed histologically. The four more recent lesions have regressed without any surgical treatment. No impairment of the cell-mediated immune function has been noticed (there is no failure in D.N.C.B. sensitization; the level of the blastogenic transformation after phytohaemagglutinin stimulation lies within limits of normal values obtained from control subjects). Keratoacanthoma is an uncommon complication of xeroderma pigmentosum, since only 15 other cases (2 of them are successive keratoacanthomas) have been reported in the literature. In a recent publication, it has been stressed that a deficit of cell mediated immunity can be associated with xeroderma pigmentosum. Such a deficit has also been observed in a patient with multiple keratoacanthomas. In contrast with those reports, no failure of cell mediated immunity has been observed in our patient, as far as provocative tests are concerned.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007636 Keratoacanthoma A benign, non-neoplastic, usually self-limiting epithelial lesion closely resembling squamous cell carcinoma clinically and histopathologically. It occurs in solitary, multiple, and eruptive forms. The solitary and multiple forms occur on sunlight exposed areas and are identical histologically; they affect primarily white males. The eruptive form usually involves both sexes and appears as a generalized papular eruption. Keratoacanthomas
D009378 Neoplasms, Multiple Primary Two or more abnormal growths of tissue occurring simultaneously and presumed to be of separate origin. The neoplasms may be histologically the same or different, and may be found in the same or different sites. Neoplasms, Synchronous,Neoplasms, Synchronous Multiple Primary,Multiple Primary Neoplasms,Multiple Primary Neoplasms, Synchronous,Synchronous Multiple Primary Neoplasms,Synchronous Neoplasms,Multiple Primary Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Multiple Primary,Neoplasm, Synchronous,Primary Neoplasm, Multiple,Primary Neoplasms, Multiple,Synchronous Neoplasm
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012867 Skin The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D014983 Xeroderma Pigmentosum A rare, pigmentary, and atrophic autosomal recessive disease. It is manifested as an extreme photosensitivity to ULTRAVIOLET RAYS as the result of a deficiency in the enzyme that permits excisional repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA. Kaposi Disease,Kaposi's Disease,Kaposis Disease

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