Alternative titles and symbols : Bazex syndrome; Follicular atrophoderma and basal cell carcinomas; BZX;
Description : Bazex syndrome is an X-linked dominant disorder characterized by a triad of congenital
hypotrichosis, follicular atrophoderma affecting the dorsa of the hands and feet,
the face, and extensor surfaces of the elbows or knees, and the development of basal
cell neoplasms, including basal cell nevi and basal cell carcinomas from the second
decade onward (Yung and Newton-Bishop, 2005). Rombo syndrome (180730) has similar
features, but shows autosomal dominant inheritance.;
Inheritance : X-linked dominant;
Neoplasia : Basocellular neoplasms; Basocellular neoplasms develop after second decade; Basal cell nevi; Basal cell carcinomas;