Nijmegen breakage syndrome associated with porokeratosis

Pediatr Dermatol. 2009 Jan-Feb;26(1):106-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00839.x.

Abstract

Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a rare DNA repair disorder caused by mutations in the NBS-1 gene (8q21). Patients with this autosomal recessive condition have characteristic facial features, microcephaly present at birth, immunodeficiency, predisposition to malignancy, ionizing radiation hypersensitivity, and growth retardation. We report a 12-year-old boy with NBS associated with porokeratosis; to our knowledge this association has not previously been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cell Cycle Proteins / genetics
  • Child
  • Facies
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome / complications*
  • Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome / genetics
  • Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome / pathology
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Porokeratosis / complications*
  • Porokeratosis / pathology*
  • Skin / pathology*

Substances

  • Cell Cycle Proteins
  • NBN protein, human
  • Nuclear Proteins