1 Jan 2011
Case ReportAn uncommon association between skin lesions and LEOPARD Syndrome affected an old patient. Case report
Maria Onesti 1Paolo Fioramonti 1Pasquale Fino 1Sara Carella 1Graziano Spinelli 1Emanuele Miraglia 2Sandra Giustini 2
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Article Info
1 Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
2 Department of Dermatology, “La Sapienza” University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2011, 82(1), 101577;
Published: 1 Jan 2011
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Abstract
LEOPARD syndrome (LS) is a rare inherited autosomal dominant disease with high penetrance and markedly variable expression characterized by a spectrum of somatic abnormalities. In 1971, Gorlin proposed the well-known acronym LEOPARD (lentigines, electrocardiographic abnormalities, ocular hypertelorism, pulmonary stenosis, abnormalities of the genitalia, retardation of growth, deafness). The nature and clinical importance of cardiovascular phenotypes associated with LS remain uncertain, because few patients with the disease have undergone comprehensive cardiac evaluations. To date, 200 cases have been described and one review has been published. We emphasize that this case is exceptional insofar as life expectancy was longer than other LEOPARD syndrome cases described in previous reports; these have had an early mortality due to cardiopathies. The aim of our study is to report a rare case of a patient affected with LEOPARD syndrome, survived until 67 years with cutaneous associations never described in literature.
Keywords
- Blue nevus
- Keratoacanthoma
- LEOPARD Syndrome
- Nevocytic intradermal nevus
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