TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of familial angiolipomatosis
AU - Kita, Kazuyo
AU - Takeshita, Taizo
AU - Furue, Masutaka
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - An 80-year-old man was admitted for severe anemia due to bleeding from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). He also presented with multiple subcutaneous tumors on trunk and extremities. He was referred to us under a suspicion of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) because the association of GIST and NF1 is as high as 5 - 25%. However, he did not manifest any skin lesions suggestive of NF1. His son and grandson had similar subcutaneous tumors. In a histological examination, the tumors from the patient and his son were diagnosed as typical angiolipoma. allowing us to diagnose them as a rare familial angiolipomatosis. Angiolipoma is a common disease, but this case led us to a rare familial disease. Therefore, it is important to ask about additional family cases during interviews of patients with common diseases.
AB - An 80-year-old man was admitted for severe anemia due to bleeding from a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). He also presented with multiple subcutaneous tumors on trunk and extremities. He was referred to us under a suspicion of neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) because the association of GIST and NF1 is as high as 5 - 25%. However, he did not manifest any skin lesions suggestive of NF1. His son and grandson had similar subcutaneous tumors. In a histological examination, the tumors from the patient and his son were diagnosed as typical angiolipoma. allowing us to diagnose them as a rare familial angiolipomatosis. Angiolipoma is a common disease, but this case led us to a rare familial disease. Therefore, it is important to ask about additional family cases during interviews of patients with common diseases.
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U2 - 10.2336/nishinihonhifu.76.97
DO - 10.2336/nishinihonhifu.76.97
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905964506
VL - 76
SP - 97
EP - 99
JO - Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology
JF - Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology
SN - 0386-9784
IS - 2
ER -