Brooke-Spiegler syndrome
cylindromatosis
(sil-in-drō'mă-tō'sis),Brooke-Spiegler syndrome
An autosomal dominant OMIM 605041 condition characterised by multiple skin adnexal tumours (cylindromas, trichoepitheliomas and spiradenomas), typically located in the head and neck region, and basal cell adenomas of salivary glands.Molecular pathology
Caused by a mutation in CLYD, a tumour-suppressor gene that encodes a deubiquitinating enzyme, which inhibits NF-kB activation.