A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach

A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach

Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare disease characterized by hyperpigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucous membrane abnormality. Commonly occurring in males, the patients die young usually due to bone marrow suppression. Malignancies of various descriptions have been reported in this disease, the c...

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Main Authors: Nandini Chakrabarti, Nilendu Sarma, Chandan Chattopadhyay, Atanu Roy Chowdhuri, Chanchal Das, Salil K Pal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Dermatology
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma of stomach
dyskeratosis congenita
primary amenorrhea
Online Access:http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=5;spage=594;epage=596;aulast=Chakrabarti
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spelling doaj-0904c612c9c94275a9b3b5aa46e738982020-11-24T22:53:20ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Dermatology0019-51541998-36112011-01-0156559459610.4103/0019-5154.87167A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomachNandini ChakrabartiNilendu SarmaChandan ChattopadhyayAtanu Roy ChowdhuriChanchal DasSalil K PalDyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare disease characterized by hyperpigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucous membrane abnormality. Commonly occurring in males, the patients die young usually due to bone marrow suppression. Malignancies of various descriptions have been reported in this disease, the commonest being solid tumors of head/neck (squamous cell carcinoma). We report the case of a female patient with DC, who presented to us with severe wasting and primary amenorrhea and died of carcinoma stomach in our hospital 3 weeks later.http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=5;spage=594;epage=596;aulast=ChakrabartiAdenocarcinoma of stomachdyskeratosis congenitaprimary amenorrhea
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author Nandini Chakrabarti
Nilendu Sarma
Chandan Chattopadhyay
Atanu Roy Chowdhuri
Chanchal Das
Salil K Pal
spellingShingle Nandini Chakrabarti
Nilendu Sarma
Chandan Chattopadhyay
Atanu Roy Chowdhuri
Chanchal Das
Salil K Pal
A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach
Indian Journal of Dermatology
Adenocarcinoma of stomach
dyskeratosis congenita
primary amenorrhea
author_facet Nandini Chakrabarti
Nilendu Sarma
Chandan Chattopadhyay
Atanu Roy Chowdhuri
Chanchal Das
Salil K Pal
author_sort Nandini Chakrabarti
title A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach
title_short A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach
title_full A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach
title_fullStr A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach
title_full_unstemmed A case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach
title_sort case of dyskeratosis congenita with primary amenorrhea and adenocarcinoma of stomach
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Dermatology
issn 0019-5154
1998-3611
publishDate 2011-01-01
description Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a rare disease characterized by hyperpigmentation, nail dystrophy and mucous membrane abnormality. Commonly occurring in males, the patients die young usually due to bone marrow suppression. Malignancies of various descriptions have been reported in this disease, the commonest being solid tumors of head/neck (squamous cell carcinoma). We report the case of a female patient with DC, who presented to us with severe wasting and primary amenorrhea and died of carcinoma stomach in our hospital 3 weeks later.
topic Adenocarcinoma of stomach
dyskeratosis congenita
primary amenorrhea
url http://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=5;spage=594;epage=596;aulast=Chakrabarti
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