Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome is also known as fibrofolliculoma with trichodiscoma and acrochordon. Canadian physicians Birt, Hogg and Dube first described it in 1977.
What is Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome?

Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome
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Clinical and genetic studies of Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome. J Med Genet. 2002 Dec;39(12):906-12. Erratum in: J Med Genet. 2003 Feb;40(2):150. PubMed citation ...

Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
Patients who have this disease are more likely to develop renal cell cancer.
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Obesity increases a person's risk of kidney cancer.

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Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome
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von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
Hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma
All of these syndromes are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.

Von-Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Syndrome
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Hereditary non-VHL clear cell renal cell cancer
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The four hereditary syndromes associated with kidney cancer are: Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL), hereditary papillary renal cell carcinoma (HPRCC), familial renal oncocytoma (FRO) also known as Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, ...

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These include von-Hippel Lindau (VHL) syndrome, hereditary papillary renal cancer, hereditary leiomyoma RCC syndrome, and Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome; ...

(A 'faulty gene' which runs in some families may sometimes trigger kidney cancer. Also, people with some rare genetic disorders have a higher risk of developing kidney cancer. For example, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome and ...

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