Recent reports on BHD and skin symptoms – misdiagnosis and new manifestations
Patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome usually develop benign hair follicle tumours (BHFTs) which appear as multiple whitish papules developing primarily on the face, neck and torso (Menko et al., 2009). BHFTs such as fibrofolliculomas and trichodiscomas (skin-coloured tumours occurring on the upper body) can be associated with various genetic conditions and their histology is often key to … Read more