1. Therapy-resistant leg ulcer in a patient with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
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Altunay I, Fisek N, Gokdemir G, Sakız D, and Cetincelik U
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- Adult, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Biopsy, Chronic Disease, Consanguinity, DNA Repair genetics, Fibroblasts physiology, Humans, Male, Pseudomonas Infections etiology, Pseudomonas Infections therapy, Rare Diseases, Skin Care methods, Staphylococcal Infections etiology, Staphylococcal Infections therapy, Wound Healing, Leg Ulcer diagnosis, Leg Ulcer etiology, Leg Ulcer therapy, Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome complications, Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome genetics, Wound Infection diagnosis, Wound Infection etiology, Wound Infection therapy
- Abstract
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) is a rare genodermatosis with characteristic skin changes such as atrophy, abnormal pigmentation and telengiectasias, skeletal abnormalities, short stature, juvenile cataract and predisposition to skin and bone malignancies. Data from the literature suggest that cutaneous findings of the syndrome include genetically programmed ageing changes and DNA repair abnormalities related to photosensitivity. Our patient is a 23-year-old male who presented with an unhealing ulcer for one and a half year on his left leg. Although he had received many various treatments, there had been no significant improvement during this period. We believe that this failure of healing might be to DNA repair abnormalities of fibroblasts. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported with coexistence of an unhealing ulcer without any findings of malignancy and RTS., (© 2010 The Authors. Journal Compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and Medicalhelplines.com Inc.)
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- 2010
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