[Dyskeratosis congenita (Zinsser-Engman-Cole syndrome)]

Z Hautkr. 1990 Feb;65(2):193-5.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report on a 23-year-old white Cuban suffering from congenital dyskeratosis. In addition to the obligatory triad of poikilodermia, onychodystrophy, and leukoplakia, the patient showed congenital stenosis of the esophagus and extreme seborrhea of the scalp.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Consanguinity
  • Humans
  • Leukoplakia, Oral / genetics*
  • Male
  • Nails, Malformed / genetics*
  • Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome / genetics*
  • Skin Diseases / genetics*
  • Syndrome
  • Tongue Neoplasms / genetics*