Xeroderma pigmentosum is an autosomal recessive disease . 著色性干皮病是一種常染色體的退行性疾病。
Squamous cell carcinoma in xeroderma pigmentosum : a clinicopathologic study of 4 cases 4例著色干皮病伴發鱗狀細胞癌臨床病理分析
Cleaver of the university of california at san francisco , for instance , has shown that people with the disease xeroderma pigmentosum , in which melanocytes are destroyed by exposure to the sun , suffer from significantly higher than normal rates of squamous and basal cell carcinomas , which are usually easily treated 這兩種癌通常很容易治療,更能致命的是惡性黑瘤,但卻較少見(在皮膚癌患者中只占4 % ) ,而且只有膚色淺的人才容易得。
英文解釋
a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin 同義詞:xerodermia,
百科解釋
Xeroderma or xerodermia, derived from the Greek words for "dry skin," is a condition involving the integumentary system, which in most cases can safely be treated with emollients and/or moisturizers. Xeroderma occurs most commonly on the scalp, lower legs, arms, the knuckles, the sides of the abdomen and thighs.