Basal cell carcinomas developing in a case of medulloblastoma associated with Gorlin's syndrome

Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1998 Mar-Apr;15(2):187-91. doi: 10.3109/08880019809167234.

Abstract

We report a case of a 20-year-old male with Gorlin's syndrome (nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome), developing multiple basal cell carcinomas within irradiation fields 10 years after the treatment of medulloblastoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / etiology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medulloblastoma / complications*
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / etiology
  • Skin Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Skull Neoplasms / complications*