Volume 3, Issue 6 pp. 455-458
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Epidermal Nevus Syndrome: Report of Association with Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder

Daniel Rosenthal M.D.

Daniel Rosenthal M.D.

Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

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David F. Fretzin M.D.

Corresponding Author

David F. Fretzin M.D.

Department of Pathology, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

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First published: December 1986
Citations: 27

Abstract

Abstract: A 16-year-old boy with an extensive epidermal nevus and mild scoliosis had a transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. The association of the epidermal nevus syndrome with a variety of other tumors and the rarity of bladder carcinoma in children may make the association more than coincidental.

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