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According to recent research from Amiens, France, "Familial leukonychia with sebaceous cysts is a rare autosomal dominant genetic condition, previously reported in four families. Molecular basis of the disorder is unknown."
"We report on a five-generation family with subtotal leukonychia and sebaceous cysts. Six individuals were affected, five women and one boy. One of the women exhibited a cervical ependymoma and bilateral multiple inoperable acoustic neuromas," wrote G. Morin and colleagues, University Hospital (see also Epidermal Cyst).
The researchers concluded: "These tumours have never been reported in association with leukonychia and may represent an uncommon severe complication of the syndrome."
Morin and colleagues published their study in European ...
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