Tenacious tumors: Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome in a 50-year-old Filipina

ABSTRACT

@#Basal cell nevus syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder with a prevalence of between 1in 60,000 to 1in 120,000. This disorder is associated with a panoply of phenotypic that includes developmental anomalies and tumors particularly basal cell carcinoma. The genetic abnormality in almost all known cases is a mutation in the PATCHED] gene which is essential for normal body and limb patterning.? abnormalities We report a 50-year-old Filipina who suffered from multiple recurrent pigmented papules, plagues, nodules, and tumors on the face with the first tumor appearing at age 20.