Abstract:
:Clinical-pathologic-genetic studies were performed on 3 kindreds showing the familial atypical multiple mole-melanoma syndrome (FAMMM). Findings showed vertical transmission, including father-to-son, of cutaneous malignant melanoma and/or FAMMM moles with no sex predilection. A broad spectrum of clinical signs characterizing the phenotype ranged from an apparent lack of disease expression through minimal, moderate, and florid manifestations. An extreme example was a patient with 9 separate primary melanomas in 18 years. The FAMMM moles were histologically compound nevocellular nevi with varying degrees of dysplasia of the melanocytes, an increased occurrence of fibroplasia, and chronic inflammation within the papillary dermis. Of further interest was marked variation in the degree of dysplasia in moles between and within families. These observations, when coupled with recent reports by others, are consistent with an autosomal dominant gene showing markedly variable expressivity. Management of these patients is difficult, as one cannot be certain which moles require biopsy and then, following histological study, which will require wider excision. Studies of the FAMMM syndrome should deal carefully with its natural history, including the patient's lifelong susceptibility to multiply malignant melanomas, and the possibility that cancer of other anatomic sites may be integral components of this hereditary cancer syndrome.
journal_name
Br J Cancerjournal_title
British journal of cancerauthors
Lynch HT,Fusaro RM,Pester J,Lynch JFdoi
10.1038/bjc.1980.203subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1980-07-01 00:00:00pages
58-70issue
1eissn
0007-0920issn
1532-1827journal_volume
42pub_type
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journal_title:British journal of cancer
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-03-18 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-01-17 00:00:00
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更新日期:1976-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2003-10-06 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2014-04-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2016-03-29 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-06-29 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-10-08 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-08-21 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2015-02-03 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2009-06-02 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1994-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2015-01-06 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-08-16 00:00:00