A Case of Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Burkhard Aschhoff* and Wassil Nowicky
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000302
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- Nowicky Pharma & Ukrainian Anti-Cancer Institute, Austria
Corresponding author:
Burkhard Aschhoff, Nowicky Pharma & Ukrainian Anti-Cancer Institute, Margaretenstr, 7, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Received: August 07, 2017; Published: August 28, 2017
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Abstract
Daniel was a case of Xeroderma pigmentosum, which was
confirmed by genetic examinations at the University of Tübingen.
The skin of patients which is exposed to light develops malignant
tumors as a result of the light rays because the skin is not able
to render the UV light harmless. As Daniel was between the
ages of 6 and 16 a total of 56 partly disfiguring operations were
necessary, especially on the face. He had already had all forms of skin cancer from the relatively harmless basal cell carcinoma to
malignant melanoma and it is almost a miracle that these tumors
had not already killed him.
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ISSN: 2574 -1241
