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Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of little known triad
Ascher's syndrome consists of double lip, blepharochalasis and sometimes non-toxic thyroid enlargement. It is a rare, benign, rarely reported, and sometimes misdiagnosed condition that most often affects patients under 20 years old. The etiology remains unknown, although factors such as trauma,...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29166520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177158 |
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author | Donato, Carolina Mendonça Gama Melo, Daniel Fernandes Santos Netto, Juliana de Noronha |
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description | Ascher's syndrome consists of double lip, blepharochalasis and sometimes non-toxic thyroid enlargement. It is a rare, benign, rarely reported, and sometimes misdiagnosed condition that most often affects patients under 20 years old. The etiology remains unknown, although factors such as trauma, hormonal dysfunction and heredity have been suggested. Treatment based on surgical intervention is indicated to improve aesthetics or function. The presented case shows a patient diagnosed with Ascher's syndrome based on clinical findings such as double lip and blepharochalasis. |
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spelling | pubmed-56747142017-11-13 Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of little known triad Donato, Carolina Mendonça Gama Melo, Daniel Fernandes Santos Netto, Juliana de Noronha An Bras Dermatol Syndrome in Question Ascher's syndrome consists of double lip, blepharochalasis and sometimes non-toxic thyroid enlargement. It is a rare, benign, rarely reported, and sometimes misdiagnosed condition that most often affects patients under 20 years old. The etiology remains unknown, although factors such as trauma, hormonal dysfunction and heredity have been suggested. Treatment based on surgical intervention is indicated to improve aesthetics or function. The presented case shows a patient diagnosed with Ascher's syndrome based on clinical findings such as double lip and blepharochalasis. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5674714/ /pubmed/29166520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177158 Text en ©2017 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Syndrome in Question Donato, Carolina Mendonça Gama Melo, Daniel Fernandes Santos Netto, Juliana de Noronha Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of little known triad |
title | Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of
little known triad |
title_full | Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of
little known triad |
title_fullStr | Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of
little known triad |
title_full_unstemmed | Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of
little known triad |
title_short | Do you know this syndrome? Ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of
little known triad |
title_sort | do you know this syndrome? ascher´s syndrome: clinical findings of
little known triad |
topic | Syndrome in Question |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5674714/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29166520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20177158 |
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