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Xeroderma Pigmentosum - a disfiguring disease: Single patient with 5 simultaneous tumors on face
Xeroderma pigmentosum is an uncommon inherited autosomal recessive disorder. Affected patients have a 2000-fold amplified risk of skin cancer. There is an inability to repair the damage to genetic material caused by ultraviolet light. Basal cell carcinoma is the most commonly associated carcinoma followed by squamous c …