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. 2019 Oct 24;5(11):947–952. doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2019.08.018

Table II.

Patient characteristics in reported cases of cutaneous melanoma diagnosed in BHDS patients

Study Study description Mutational analysis Dermatologic assessment Pulmonary involvement Renal involvement Others
Sattler et al8 Multinational European study assessing the prevalence of dysplastic nevi and cutaneous melanoma in a cohort of BHDS families
  • FLCN mutation present in 32 of 33 families

  • No mutations in genes known to predispose individuals to cutaneous melanoma identified

  • 10% diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma

– Age, 52-90 years
– >60% female
– 62.5% invasive stage I-IV
  • 49% diagnosed with dysplastic nevi

N/A N/A N/A
Jaster and Wachsmann11 Case report of a 64-year-old man with BHDS receiving immunosuppression therapy for renal transplantation N/A Malignant melanoma Malignant mesothelioma, epithelial subtype Polycystic kidney disease N/A
Mota-Burgos et al4 Case report of a 54-year-old man with BHDS FLCN mutation present
  • Cutaneous melanoma of epithelioid cell type, stage IIIb, ulcerated, and in a vertical growth phase

  • Multiple fibrofolliculomas and acrochordons around facial and cervical areas

  • Multiple lipomas on extremities

  • Cutaneous lesions appeared progressively in his 30s-40s

None None Several colorectal tubulovillous adenomas
Kasi and Dearmond5 Case report of a 70-year-old man with BHDS N/A
  • Multiple acrochordons

  • Melanoma

  • Lipoma

  • Actinic keratosis

  • Squamous cell carcinoma

Multiple pulmonary cysts Clear cell renal cell carcinoma and bilateral renal cysts Colorectal tubulovillous adenoma
Cocciolone et al9 Case report of a 58-year-old man with BHDS FLCN mutation present
  • 2 desmoplastic melanomas on right cheek and left shoulder

  • Multiple facial fibrofolliculomas

History of spontaneous pneumothorax None Salivary gland oncocytoma
Welsch et al3 Case report of a 52-year-old man with BHDS N/A
  • Cutaneous lesions appeared progressively in his late 30s

  • Malignant cutaneous melanoma on the trunk

  • Multiple fibrofolliculomas on face, nose, ears

  • Multiple acrochordons in axillae and lateral aspect of the chest wall

Solitary bullae in right lung and history of pneumothorax Chromophobe-type renal cell carcinoma Multinodular goiter
Toro et al12 Case series assessing renal findings in 28 BHDS patients FLCN mutation present in 1 of 2 patients
  • Melanocytic nevi in a 61-year-old woman

  • Malignant melanoma in a 64-year-old man

– Oral papules
– Fibrofolliculomas and/or trichodiscomas
N/A Renal oncocytoma and bilateral solid lesions N/A
Khoo et al13 Case series assessing genetic and clinical findings in 32 BHDS patients FLCN mutation present
  • A 52-year-old patient with superficial malignant cutaneous melanoma

  • Multiple cutaneous lesions present in the majority of patients

Pneumothorax and lung cancer in some patients Renal cysts and renal cell carcinoma present in some patients The following findings were observed in some patients:
  • Colorectal polyps

  • Pleurisy

  • Gastrointestinal cancer

  • Nodular cutaneous elastoidosis

  • Retrobulbar neuropathy

  • Cutaneous and parotid masses

  • Breast carcinoma

  • Meningioma

  • Vulvar epithelioma

  • Finger histiocytofibroma

  • Hashimoto thyroiditis

N/A, Not available.