Table 3. Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) Syndromes

Syndrome (OMIM link)InheritanceChromosomeGeneClinical Findings
Basal cell nevus syndrome, Gorlin syndrome AD9q22.3-q31 [36] PTCH1 [120,121] BCC (before age 20 y)
3.597–6.457 [36] PTCH2 [39]
10q24.32 SUFU [63]
Rombo syndrome ADMilia, atrophoderma vermiculatum, acrocyanosis, trichoepitheliomas, and BCC (age 30–40 y)
Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome XD > ADXq24-27 [109] UnknownHypotrichosis (variable),[106] hypohidrosis, milia, follicular atrophoderma (dorsal hands), and multiple BCCs (aged teens to early 20s)[106]
Brooke-Spiegler syndromeAD16q12-q13 [122,123] CYLD [124,125] Cylindroma (forehead, scalp, trunk, and pubic area),[126,127] trichoepithelioma (around nose), spiradenoma, and BCC
Multiple hereditary infundibulocystic BCCAD [128] UnknownUnknownMultiple BCC (infundibulocystic type)
Schopf-Schultz-Passarge syndromeAR > ADUnknownUnknownEctodermal dysplasia (hypotrichosis, hypodontia, and nail dystrophy [anonychia and trachyonychia]), hidrocystomas of eyelids, palmo-plantar keratosis and hyperhidrosis, and BCC[129]

AD = autosomal dominant; AR = autosomal recessive; OMIM = Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man; XD = X-linked dominant.

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