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Recent molecular genetic studies have revealed that Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome (SFMS), which presents as sebaceous nevi, is a mosaic RASopathy caused by postzygotic somatic activating mutations in , , or Some patients with SFMS also have hypophosphatemic rickets, called cutaneous skeletal hypophosphatemia syndrome (CSHS). We here report a pediatric case of biopsy-proven CSHS with mosaic mutation in the gene. A girl who showed extensive nevus sebaceous since birth had suffered progressive lower extremity deformity since the age of 5 years. We found hypophosphatemic rickets in laboratory and radiological studies. From the molecular study with skin tissue with nevus sebaceous, we identified a heterozygous mutation, c.182A>G (p.Gln61Arg), in exon 3 of by Sanger sequencing. However, we did not find this mutation in the peripheral blood and unaffected tissue, which demonstrated mosaic distribution of the mutation throughout the body. Given the rarity of the previous genetically proven CSHS cases, accumulation of more cases is needed to establish the role of Ras activation in skeletal manifestations in CSHS, which is likely due to excessive production of fibroblast growth factor 23.
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Mol Syndromol
March 2025
Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester Foundation NHS Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (MAHSC), Manchester, UK.
Introduction: Gorlin syndrome (GS) is a rare autosomal dominant condition that predisposes to cutaneous basal cell carcinomas, jaw keratocysts, and skeletal anomalies. Most patients with GS have a heterozygous pathogenic variant in the gene, although a minor subset have a pathogenic variant in the gene.
Case Presentation: We report a 34-year-old woman meeting clinical diagnostic criteria for GS and with an affected father who also meets diagnostic criteria.
Eur J Pain
October 2025
Department of Neurophysiology, Mannheim Centre for Translational Neuroscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Background: Chronic primary low back pain (cpLBP) is prevalent worldwide. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) increase the risk of cpLBP. Here, we explored ACEs as a predisposing factor for adult cpLBP using a rodent model.
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August 2025
Nobelpharma America, LLC. 3, 4520 East-West Highway, Suite 400, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Background: This analysis was aimed to characterize cutaneous manifestations associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and management of facial angiofibroma in the United States from a patient/caregiver perspective. Data was collected from an international survey of TSC Alliance conducted during May-June 2017 by distributing a link to patients/caregivers through various channels including social media.
Results: Of the 418 caregivers and 133 patients, 336 (80.
Epigenomes
August 2025
Department of Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Neurocutaneous syndromes, known as phakomatoses, encompass a diverse group of congenital conditions affecting the nervous system and skin, with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) among the most clinically significant. Both disorders are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. NF1 presents with café-au-lait macules; cutaneous, subcutaneous, and plexiform neurofibromas; skeletal abnormalities; learning disabilities; and optic pathway gliomas, while NF2 is characterised by bilateral vestibular schwannomas, multiple meningiomas, ependymomas, and peripheral nerve schwannomas.
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July 2025
General Medicine, Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, MEX.
Amelanotic melanoma represents an uncommon and aggressive variant of cutaneous melanoma. The characteristic absence of pigmentation poses significant diagnostic challenges, frequently leading to delayed clinical recognition and unfavorable prognosis compared to conventional pigmented melanomas. We report a 57-year-old Caucasian male patient with a medical history of amelanotic melanoma of the right foot surgically treated in 2010.
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