Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome in skin of color: Literature review

Angel D Pagan; Ashley Obi; Jayvon McKinley; Esther Oladunjoye; Israel Kasago; Nicholas Gulati; Robert G Phelps; Cula Svidzinski

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.081

Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome in skin of color: Literature review

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 Feb;90(2):412-414. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.081. Epub 2023 Oct 13.

Authors

Angel D Pagan¹, Ashley Obi², Jayvon McKinley³, Esther Oladunjoye³, Israel Kasago³, Nicholas Gulati³, Robert G Phelps³, Cula Svidzinski⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Ponce Health Sciences University, School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
² Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee.
³ Department of Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
⁴ Sadick Research Group, New York, New York. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37838258
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2023.09.081

No abstract available

Keywords: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome; acrochordons; fibrofolliculoma; folliculin (FLCN) gene; genodermatoses; papules; pneumothorax; pulmonary cysts; renal cell cancer; skin of color (SOC); trichodiscoma.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome* / complications
Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome* / diagnosis
Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome* / genetics
Ethnic and Racial Minorities
Humans
Pneumothorax*
Skin