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Otorhinolaryngological aspects of Xeroderma pigmentosum
A Kutluhan1, M Bekerecioğlu, E Güney
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical School, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey.
Objective:
to evaluate the probable presence of otorhinolaryngological pathology accompanied by head and neck region skin findings in patients with Xeroderma pigmentosum.
Methods:
a total of 19 patients with Xeroderma pigmentosum were investigated for otorhinolaryngological findings. The patients gave their anamnesis and underwent physical examination, audiological tests and endoscopic examination.
Results:
various malignancies developed in 14 patients on the sun-exposed areas of the head and neck region. Multiple malignancies were found in six of them. There was no other pathological condition secondary to this rare clinical entity.
Conclusion:
Xeroderma pigmentosum causes skin lesions. Some otolaryngological findings such as rhinitis, sinusitis etc. were thought to be coincidental.