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Cutaneous features

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The cutaneous features of Gorlin's Syndrome are varied:

  • basal cell carcinoma:
    • often small in size
    • may be pedunculated
    • typically appear in early 20's
    • may be crops of a few lesions or many hundreds
    • predeliction for face and upper trunk areas
  • pits in palmar surface of hand and plantar surface of foot:
    • develop with age
    • typically appear in 20's
    • almost pathognomic of Gorlin's disease
    • BCC may develop in these lesions in rare cases
  • milia
  • epidermoid cysts
  • comedones
  • palmar and plantar calcinosis

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