Epidermal naevus syndrome (Solomon's syndrome) associated with bladder cancer in a 20‐year‐old female

A García de Jalón, J Azúa‐Romeo… - … journal of urology …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
A García de Jalón, J Azúa‐Romeo, M Angel Trivez, D Pascual, M Blas, LA Rioja
Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology, 2004Taylor & Francis
Epidermal naevus syndrome was first described by Solomon et al. in 1968, based on a study
of 12 patients. Herein we report the case of a 20‐year‐old female diagnosed with epidermal
naevus syndrome at the age of 3 years. Subsequently she experienced several different
symptoms and at the last exploration a suspicious lesion was found in her bladder. The
definitive pathology diagnosis was transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, which is
extremely rare in patients aged< 21 years. It seems that this neoplastic lesion was directly …
Epidermal naevus syndrome was first described by Solomon et al. in 1968, based on a study of 12 patients. Herein we report the case of a 20‐year‐old female diagnosed with epidermal naevus syndrome at the age of 3 years. Subsequently she experienced several different symptoms and at the last exploration a suspicious lesion was found in her bladder. The definitive pathology diagnosis was transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder, which is extremely rare in patients aged <21 years. It seems that this neoplastic lesion was directly related to the essential pathology of the patient, namely epidermal naevus syndrome.
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